Rite Aid drive-thru coronavirus testing
isn't hitting full capacity: CEO
Fox News,
by
Evie Fordham
Original Article
Posted By: AltaD,
4/30/2020 11:12:54 AM
Rite Aid has set up 25 drive-thru coronavirus testing sites at its stores in eight states, but CEO Donigan Heyward said Thursday that the sites are not hitting their "full volume."
"We wish that we had more people coming," Heyward told "Mornings with Maria." "We're still not seeing the full volume of people making appointments to get these tests." Rite Aid, along with chains including Walgreens, CVSHealth and Walmart, is helping in the fight against the novel coronavirus by opening drive-thru testing sites at hot spots across the U.S.
Rite Aid is able to test 400 people a day. Results return in two to five days, Heyward said.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 4/30/2020 11:35:21 AM (No. 396412)
Probably no need for that many tests. In most places this is winding way down. I am sure there are many places much like our situation in east KS, probably lots with even fewer cases.
In a county of 600,000 people, current county data shows single digit new cases reported in the last week, and zero to one new hospitalization per day for last five days, 15 total in the last two weeks. About 30 people hospitalized of 600,000. One person out of every 20,000 people in the hospital with this stuff.
In many places this is largely over. Time to get back to normal.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna 4/30/2020 11:42:57 AM (No. 396426)
They need to add "To Go" Margaritas to their drive through options.
I'm available for a "Director of Marketing" position.
Call me.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 4/30/2020 11:43:22 AM (No. 396428)
A friend drove by the testing facility in her town and there were policemen to direct traffic and no one in line. Since it was empty, she turned in and got a test. The staff told her there was an early rush in the morning, and then no one for hours. Testing is starting to look like ventilators - lots of noise, but not much demand.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Axeman 4/30/2020 11:48:49 AM (No. 396437)
It's a virus test, not an antibodies test. Not as useful.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
hurricanegirl 4/30/2020 11:56:47 AM (No. 396453)
So . . . what exactly were they expecting--people who are perfectly healthy with no symptoms and no reason to be tested lining up in droves to waste their time?
Stupidity reigns supreme!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
AltaD 4/30/2020 12:00:00 PM (No. 396461)
Who pays for these tests, the person being tested, insurance companies or are they "free" (taxpayer)?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/30/2020 12:35:19 PM (No. 396506)
You get up in the morning, feeling fine, able and ready to work---and instead you are supposed to drive to Rite Aid to take a test to tell you that you aren't sick, and should be at work? This is the reason we do not need bureaucrats running our economy, or our lives.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Rather Read 4/30/2020 12:52:14 PM (No. 396524)
Our county set up a BIG test site at a local school. You had to sign up for a time and be tested then. A lot of people signed up then didn't show. The county judge is mad.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Calamity Kate 4/30/2020 2:26:42 PM (No. 396642)
We don't fingerprint and background check every adult in the US, just those working in high-trust positions (teacher, day care, police, etc). Testing EVERYONE is idiotic.
Instead -- test those (weekly?) that work with at-risk populations (medical prof, medics. police, fire dept, etc).
If you test positive, stay home. But testing everyone is ridiculous.
If you feel poorly, stay home. If you can't breathe, call 911. It doesn't matter if you test positive.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 4/30/2020 2:29:16 PM (No. 396645)
#4, don't assume that the antibodies tests are "useful". I am very skeptical that there are not large numbers of false positives.
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Why would anyone feeling healthy want to take this test? With a 4 to 5 day wait, it's useless .... if you have the virus and are going to have a bad response, you'll know in 4 to 5 days without the test. and if you do test positive, they will want you to self-quarantine for 14 more days (and they won't deduct the 4 to 5 days that it took to get test results).
Then if you test negative, in the course of the 4 to 5 days it took to get results, you could actually HAVE the virus, having picked it up in the interim, and then feel false-safety to go visit your elderly parents/grandparents.
This testing is a joke. If you can't get an instant response, it's worse than useless.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Hugh Akston 4/30/2020 3:44:02 PM (No. 396720)
..."We wish that we had more people coming,"
I don't. I don't even want to need this protocol.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Zarin 4/30/2020 6:15:31 PM (No. 396863)
We have a friend here in SW Ohio who would like a test - she is sick at home with a fever, has many of the Cvd19 symptoms and feels worse than the time she had walking pneumonia. However, her doctor said she should not take the test, even tho' she was working at a hospital & may have been infected. Here is person in her late 50's who really is a candidate for complications who is being denied a test - who could be helped by early treatment - and stay out of the hospital. On the ground - things are nuts!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 4/30/2020 6:25:41 PM (No. 396869)
#13, your friend should ignore the doc and get tested, THAT is what this is for.
And if she is positive, she can start proper treatments before she is nearly dead.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 4/30/2020 7:08:09 PM (No. 396906)
I think everyone should have to have a test every two weeks. In addition, you should have a state employee stop at your house (unannounced )every so often and ask ,nay, demand that you present the card. If it is expired ,you have to pay a fine and/or spend a week as a latrine orderly in a public restroom.
Sincerely,
Gretchen Witmer.
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I have a couple of problems with testing. If you are that sick, who wants to get in a car and drive anywhere?
Second, if I am in line and car number 100, and 50 people are sick in front of me, does the tester change their outer wear each time? Does the tester pass it to each car after a positive person?
No thanks, I don't want any of you near me. It was scary just going to the doctor Monday.
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