I went to one of these a couple weeks ago to get tested after my sister got sick (it was the closest one to me and friends said it's a quick in-and-out). They make you give them a ton of personal info, a picture of your drivers license and insurance cards, and as far as anyone can tell the results are always negative. Some people have been sent "test results" before they've even taken the test.

This company killing people by giving them false negatives. It may also be stealing identities, as they require a pic of your state ID and insurance card. It may also be insurance fraud as healthcare companies get billed for every test and vaccine you get if you have coverage, by federal law.

another article with more details - EDIT: here are some highlights:

The Center for COVID Control operates more than 300 locations across at least 29 states, according to the company's website. The locations pop up on Google maps searches with minimal information about the testing site beyond location and hours. The website claims the company is "partnered with a CDC approved & licensed laboratory" but does not specify which lab.

Minneapolis resident Christina Weber, 31, a full-time server, said she Googled "free COVID testing near me" and saw a Center for COVID Control site pop up on Google Maps. When she drove down to the site to get a test at the end of December, the site was located a block away from the address listed online.

"It was just a pop-up. There was one man running the whole thing, and he was in his scrubs," Weber said Friday. "The area where you waited was the same area where people were testing, and the chairs weren’t spaced out. And some of the guests weren’t wearing masks."

Weber said a man stormed into the site while she was there and started yelling that he hadn’t gotten his results. She said she was instructed to self-administer a test and drop the plastic bag into a tray overflowing with about 50 other bags. She left the site feeling uneasy and decided to get a second test at another location.

[Another patient] said he searched for nearby COVID-19 tests and drove down to the Center for COVID Control site, where he found a pop-up with handwritten signs posted on the outside and two card tables and a chair inside. Zerom said he waited more than half an hour for a test before reading over reviews of the site online.

"Biden said to just simply Google tests near you. But that led me to what I experienced. And it’s not that simple," Zerom said. "I don’t think every test center is created equal."

[A company] website lists another number for the lab. After waiting more than an hour on the phone to reach a lab representative Saturday, the person who answered the phone told a USA TODAY reporter they had the "wrong number" and promptly hung up. The lab did not respond to a request for comment via email.

A test given to a USA TODAY reporter at a Chicago locationSunday – in red transparent vial – was taped with the label "SNT Biotech." According to the company's website, SNT Biotech is "a DBA of Saris and Things, Inc." Saris and Things is a Plainfield, Illinois, company that sells saris, lehengas, anarkalis and sherwanis, according to the website.

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    When fucking Emperor Puyi looks like a more reformable case than some Americans.

    • 2022 [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      The fucking Romanovs were more redeemable than most Americans