Yup.
Didn’t listen to the podcast, sorry, but the testing craze/fad lately is amazing. You know why it’s hard to get a test lately? A bunch of people here on surly have the means and time to test multiple times.
You feel sick? Stay home.
I know a large family - 10ish people- that all popped positive this week. All asymptomatic. They tested because they were at a Christmas party where about half the people who were there had Covid.
our office in Austin has twice as many people out this week as any other time since Covid started.
this is insanity. We have a large portion of this country that refuses the science of a vaccine, but you think those same people are going to run out and get a test? Unless new data comes to light about Omni or we get a worse variant, this shit is over. There is no way to test or vaccinate your way out. It is what it is.
About the only good reason I can think of to test anymore is if you are going to be around someone elderly or otherwise high risk, and even then if you are going to be around other people between your test and your visit, well?