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Everyone talks so much shit on USA car culture but our testing centers are typically a drive thru where patients are isolated in their cars thereby protecting e

Everyone talks so much shit on USA car culture but our testing centers are typically a drive thru where patients are isolated in their cars thereby protecting everyone. Patients swab themselves and then hand the sample over through a few inch opening in the window.

weird-eye-issue 5y ago
Here in Thailand I can walk into 7-11 and buy a rapid antigen test for $3 and go take it at home
- 0x0nyandesu 5y ago
  The testing centers are free for the most part.
  - weird-eye-issue 5y ago
    Driving to a testing center and sitting in your car could easily use $3 in gas and more of your time. 7-11 is absolutely everywhere here, you don't understand the level of convenience. I'm in my condo right now, I could go to a 7-11, come back and have my result all within 10 minutes for $3. But yeah car culture in America is great
    - 0x0nyandesu 5y ago
      - weird-eye-issue 5y ago
        There is a 7-11 within short walking distance of virtually everybody here in Bangkok. And free delivery too from 7-11 if you order more than 100 baht (around $3) > If there even is public transportation to speak of The public transportation here in Bangkok is amazing. It's clean, on time, and affordable
      - cinntaile 5y ago
        4 min drive? That sounds like perfect walking distance. It's better too, when you suspect you might have covid.
        0x0nyandesu 5y ago
        cinntaile 5y ago
        That's not bad, only 22 min difference between walking and driving.
- FabHK 5y ago
  Same in Germany.
giraffe_lady 5y ago
"drunk driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,"
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- refurb 5y ago
  You’re equating cars with drunk driving?
hiyer 5y ago
In India - at least in the cities - you don't even need to step out for a Covid test. You can request a technician to come and collect your sample from the comfort of your home, and you'll get the result in a few hours or the next day at most. I'm not sure where the commenter's parents live, but if they live even in a moderate-sized city, they're being unnecessarily paranoid.
- reacharavindh 5y ago
  Thanks for bringing this up. I will check whether such a facility exists in the village where my parents live. If you’re curious, they live in Srirangam, Trichy, TamilNadu.
  - cocoland2 5y ago
    A lot of testing centers / labs such as Lister or Thyrocare can do in person sample collections, such as this one below are available. Its quite easy to get a test done at home. (Mentioned of lister metropolis because they had come home for some other sample collection and mentioned of this) . You can check aggregator apps as well that provide this list. https://www.metropolisindia.com/parameter/trichy/covid-19-rt-pcr-test https://www.metropolisindia.com/parameter/trichy/covid-19-rt...
  - hiyer 5y ago
    > If you’re curious, they live in Srirangam, Trichy, TamilNadu Wonderful place, except for the heat :-). I've visited there (for the temples) on a few occasions.
jhatax 5y ago
This isn't the typical scenario in the Bay Area where testing centers are walk-in vs. drive through. To ensure testing consistency, swabbing is done by a healthcare worker (e.g., nurse) not by the person being tested. This is my experience across 4-counties here, San Francisco city included. Net-net, COVID-testing privacy isn't a laudable consequence of the US's car culture, at least not everywhere in the US.
- yumraj 5y ago
  I know of at least 1 drive-through testing center, at the San Jose Fairgrounds. There may be more, but not sure. Though there the testers/nurse puts the swab in the nose.
Avalaxy 5y ago
So many downsides to that.. how do you get tested if you dont have a car? How do you drive a car when you are very sick? How do you make sure properly do the test on themselves? Sorry, but I dont find this a good argument in favor of a car-culture at all.
- refurb 5y ago
  You walk. That’s what they did in SF. One lane for cars, one for pedestrians.
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- ceejayoz 5y ago
  It's not a theoretical harm, either. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-07-07/op-ed-drive-through-walk-up-covid-19-coronavirus-testing-sites https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-07-07/op-ed-drive... > For each walk-up site, we looked at how many people live within a mile radius and could conceivably walk to the site. You don’t need to look at a map to know that too many people and places are left behind. If you don’t have a car but live in South Los Angeles, chances are you can find a nearby walk-up test site. But if you’re carless in East L.A., there is not a single walk-up option in your community. The entire San Fernando Valley — with a population of almost 2 million — received its first and only walk-up site, in Arleta, in late June. https://www.businessinsider.com/new-yorkers-without-a-car-are-turned-away-at-drive-thru-testing-sites-2020-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/new-yorkers-without-a-car-ar... > After trekking nearly two hours on public transit to get to the testing site in Flatbush, a neighborhood in New York's Brooklyn borough, the 30-year-old taproom manager was surprised to discover a line of cars snaking around the address instead of a line of people. McGrath, who does not own a car, approached a state trooper at the testing site to confirm his suspicions that a vehicle was required to be tested. > "I walk up to one of the state troopers and he says, 'You can't walk in, you have to have a car,'" McGrath told Business Insider, adding that it appeared as though he was not the first New Yorker to arrive at the testing site on foot.

weird-eye-issue 5y ago

Here in Thailand I can walk into 7-11 and buy a rapid antigen test for $3 and go take it at home

0x0nyandesu 5y ago
The testing centers are free for the most part.
- weird-eye-issue 5y ago
  Driving to a testing center and sitting in your car could easily use $3 in gas and more of your time. 7-11 is absolutely everywhere here, you don't understand the level of convenience. I'm in my condo right now, I could go to a 7-11, come back and have my result all within 10 minutes for $3. But yeah car culture in America is great
  - 0x0nyandesu 5y ago
    - weird-eye-issue 5y ago
      There is a 7-11 within short walking distance of virtually everybody here in Bangkok. And free delivery too from 7-11 if you order more than 100 baht (around $3) > If there even is public transportation to speak of The public transportation here in Bangkok is amazing. It's clean, on time, and affordable
    - cinntaile 5y ago
      4 min drive? That sounds like perfect walking distance. It's better too, when you suspect you might have covid.
      - 0x0nyandesu 5y ago
        cinntaile 5y ago
        That's not bad, only 22 min difference between walking and driving.
FabHK 5y ago
Same in Germany.

giraffe_lady 5y ago

"drunk driving may kill a lot of people, but it also helps a lot of people get to work on time, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,"

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refurb 5y ago
You’re equating cars with drunk driving?

hiyer 5y ago

In India - at least in the cities - you don't even need to step out for a Covid test. You can request a technician to come and collect your sample from the comfort of your home, and you'll get the result in a few hours or the next day at most. I'm not sure where the commenter's parents live, but if they live even in a moderate-sized city, they're being unnecessarily paranoid.

reacharavindh 5y ago
Thanks for bringing this up. I will check whether such a facility exists in the village where my parents live. If you’re curious, they live in Srirangam, Trichy, TamilNadu.
- cocoland2 5y ago
  A lot of testing centers / labs such as Lister or Thyrocare can do in person sample collections, such as this one below are available. Its quite easy to get a test done at home. (Mentioned of lister metropolis because they had come home for some other sample collection and mentioned of this) . You can check aggregator apps as well that provide this list. https://www.metropolisindia.com/parameter/trichy/covid-19-rt-pcr-test https://www.metropolisindia.com/parameter/trichy/covid-19-rt...
- hiyer 5y ago
  > If you’re curious, they live in Srirangam, Trichy, TamilNadu Wonderful place, except for the heat :-). I've visited there (for the temples) on a few occasions.

jhatax 5y ago

This isn't the typical scenario in the Bay Area where testing centers are walk-in vs. drive through. To ensure testing consistency, swabbing is done by a healthcare worker (e.g., nurse) not by the person being tested. This is my experience across 4-counties here, San Francisco city included. Net-net, COVID-testing privacy isn't a laudable consequence of the US's car culture, at least not everywhere in the US.

yumraj 5y ago
I know of at least 1 drive-through testing center, at the San Jose Fairgrounds. There may be more, but not sure. Though there the testers/nurse puts the swab in the nose.

Avalaxy 5y ago

So many downsides to that.. how do you get tested if you dont have a car? How do you drive a car when you are very sick? How do you make sure properly do the test on themselves? Sorry, but I dont find this a good argument in favor of a car-culture at all.

refurb 5y ago
You walk. That’s what they did in SF. One lane for cars, one for pedestrians.
- deleted 5y ago
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ceejayoz 5y ago
It's not a theoretical harm, either. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-07-07/op-ed-drive-through-walk-up-covid-19-coronavirus-testing-sites https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-07-07/op-ed-drive... > For each walk-up site, we looked at how many people live within a mile radius and could conceivably walk to the site. You don’t need to look at a map to know that too many people and places are left behind. If you don’t have a car but live in South Los Angeles, chances are you can find a nearby walk-up test site. But if you’re carless in East L.A., there is not a single walk-up option in your community. The entire San Fernando Valley — with a population of almost 2 million — received its first and only walk-up site, in Arleta, in late June. https://www.businessinsider.com/new-yorkers-without-a-car-are-turned-away-at-drive-thru-testing-sites-2020-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/new-yorkers-without-a-car-ar... > After trekking nearly two hours on public transit to get to the testing site in Flatbush, a neighborhood in New York's Brooklyn borough, the 30-year-old taproom manager was surprised to discover a line of cars snaking around the address instead of a line of people. McGrath, who does not own a car, approached a state trooper at the testing site to confirm his suspicions that a vehicle was required to be tested. > "I walk up to one of the state troopers and he says, 'You can't walk in, you have to have a car,'" McGrath told Business Insider, adding that it appeared as though he was not the first New Yorker to arrive at the testing site on foot.