How many covid tests have you had?

[midtown 3345]

This topic came up with my buddy and his son Saturday when we were getting our tests to come back.  I'm at 4 now.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13509]

I've had 6 mainly because I work for a healthcare organization and they've requested that we get monthly tests since last summer. Obviously I did not fully live up to that request.

[52-80 19147]

somewhere around 10ish.  needed them for travel

[fattyflattie 4639]

0.  Wife and one of my daughters had to get one for hospital stay.  But that’s it around our house.  

[gyroprotagonist 2592]

son had a class mate that was positive at school, so whole fam got the rapid test. no other testing outside that

[Armybrat 40822]

Got one on Halloween prior to my colonoscopy the following week.

[HouTex 1866]

Zero.

[gmr548 16576]

Three. Two PCR tests due to COVID/flu like illness in March/April 2020 and 2021, respectively. One rapid test as a courtesy, as the couple whose wedding we were going to requested people get tested before attending. 0 for 3.

[utee94 15807]

Two. I was contact-traced twice.  Negative both times.

 

[Rockwell Torrey 1280]

20+.  No joke.  I live overseas, travel, nature of work.  I imagine a number of college/pro athletes have had even more.

[Pancho 44712]

At least 25, but we had to get tested 3x a week for NCAA D1 basketball refs during the season.  

0 tests since the season ended

[Jiggy-Z 3432]

About Treefiddy.  This board is slipping.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

2 spit, 1 rapid, about 6 or 7 home tests from Walgreens, 1 antibody.

10 ish

[The Dog 44019]

My son is the only one to be tested in our house and that was due to contact tracing (negative). 

[Hpara759 1778]

6

[SHOOTER12 8800]

5, work for a small subcontractor but damn out of 100 employees we've had a metric fuck ton of people catch that crap.  There were 3 that damned near didn't make it, as a matter of fact doctors told us they probably wouldn't make it.

[Orale 1087]

5 plus one antibody test. All neg.

[DigglerontheHoof 21179]

Had 2, due to two instances where I’d been around people who had it.

Both negative 

[0xdeadbeef 1645]

I only personally know 3 people total who were Covid-19 positive. Unfortunately I was around one of them the day before they got a positive test.   I got a test the next day but was all good. Two weeks later I got shot #1.

 

 

[rpspeed 1363]

Ive taken zero but had 3 antibody tests from donating blood. Going to Cabo in a couple weeks so will have to take my first if they dont lift the return test requirement by then.

[lmao 178]

7 or 8. You could walk in and get a test at any time at my work. Never tested positive though.

[Updawg 2266]

You guys realize they test for stds as well?

You are on record

[DFWTexEx 276]

One when I went to visit my parents for the first time relatively early in the pandemic and a second one when we came back from Mexico a couple of weeks ago (handled really nicely at the hotel)

[Guest]

18 minutes ago, Updawg said:

You guys realize they test for stds as well?

You are on record

I figured that was part of the deal when I dropped my pants...

[Radical Larry 28560]

[Mother mopar 3318]

Just 2, before each surgery.

[Anastasis 23463]

Zero. 

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

One to be allowed into the Bahamas, another one on day 4 of my Bahamas trip, and one to be allowed onto a military base for a work trip. 3 in total. Going to Mexico next week, so I'll have to get one to come back into the US, I guess. 

[Not from Texas 21]

Two tests, contacted traced after close contact with people that caught.  Negative both times.

[po elvis 2070]

One. I had to get one to see my dad after his surgery at the rehab place. They also had me wear a hazmat suit to go in there, which was good.

[Doc Reeves 6434]

Just one. My family has been living in complete isolation since March 3 of last year so we haven’t needed many. Wife had 3 over the last year that her dr. ordered when she went in for other stuff. Both girls had one when they started going back to school. 

[midtown 3345]

I'm pretty surprised at how many zeros there are.   

[The Dog 44019]

I'm pretty surprised at how many zeros there are.   

Most of us have been doing what we were supposed to be doing and avoiding people.

[Rip76 4925]

Zero.

 

[clapclapclap 9000]

"Twice a day, every day." - Luka Doncic

Not sure why 2nd floor residents get tested so much.

[Dennis Taylor 18809]

1 hour ago, The Dog said:

Most of us have been doing what we were supposed to be doing and avoiding people.

 

[burntorangebongos 10710]

One. What is the recommendation for doing an antibody test to see if you need a booster? I got the J&J so I figure I should check after 5 or 6 months. With all the variants around, it might not be a bad idea to get a booster before the year is up.

I haven't really heard what the recs were about this.

[Don Johnson 4752]

None.  Everyone in my family has had one except me.  All due to minor symptoms like a cough and we tested just so there wasn't a big issue with them going to school.

I never had any reason to due to symptoms or exposure.  Funny thing is, right now is the first time I've had a bad cough in over a year, but I've been vaxxed for a couple of months.

[Hpara759 1778]

2 hours ago, The Dog said:

Most of us have been doing what we were supposed to be doing and avoiding people.

some of us are "essential" and have been doing what were suppose to be doing..........

[Wally Fairway 5541]

3 after close contact notifications 

2 after travelling 

1 to visit my mom in the assisted living home 

3 antibody tests as part of blood donations

 

[The Dog 44019]

21 minutes ago, Hpara759 said:

some of us are "essential" and have been doing what were suppose to be doing..........

which is why "most" of us don't have tests, because we aren't essential.

 

Edited May 19, 2021 by The Dog

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

which is why "most" of us don't have tests, because we aren't essential.
 

You can buy a 2 pack of take home tests at Walgreens for 20 bucks



https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/binaxnow-covid-19-antigen-self-test-kit/ID=300414527-product

[Pato del Muerto 52485]

Zero for me and zero for my family. 
 

home schooled kids, work from home for us. Mom is work from home. Grandparents retired.

all of us pretty conservative with our interactions. 

never any symptomatic reason, never any exposure incidents, never any mandated testing for travel or a point of entry. 

[YChang 3443]

I think around 10-ish maybe more don't really remember. But I had access to free mail-in testing from work and took advantage of them till I got my shot. 

Edited May 19, 2021 by YChang