(“Scares me to my core,” tweeted one bride-to-be, of the illusory confidence such accessories might impart.) As private citizens improvise at their peril, local governments continue to try and make rapid testing more accessible. The idea is to identify as many positives early on so the city can help offer isolation guidance. “We are very consciously pushing the rapid test in environments where people aren’t resource-rich.” The city plans to bring the technology to nine clinics that previously focused on sexual health, transforming then into coronavirus testing sites. Even New Yorkers from more affluent neighborhoods are flocking to these free testing sites to get quick results.

Source: New York Times August 16, 2020 06:56 UTC