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Originally Posted by 68style

I didn't see anyone talking much about their experience here with testing, so I'll go...

I just went to get tested in Richmond at the drive through testing centre by the airport (5911 North Service Rd if you're interested) and there was nobody there really, just a couple cars in front of me and only 1 lane out of about 8 even open. I've had a dry cough and various other possibly concurring symptoms for a few days... felt it best to just go see or not. I have barely been out except grabbing lunch here and there and 1 trip to the Apple store... but you never know, I do live in a condo building so you're having to touch doors and stuff constantly.

Anyway, they start by confirming why you're there and handing you a slip with a time stamp on it? Not sure why, but later on they do ask you what time it says... maybe they're tracking stats on how long it takes? Second window they ask you for your PHN and your doctor's name and confirm you personal info... Third window they go over your symptoms and confirm your info again and they hand you a sheet with instructions on it for what to do after depending on your results. Fourth window is the actual test.

Important! Don't eat or drink anything whatsoever for ~2 hours before you go or you cannot do the swish/spit test. I didn't know this and I chewed a piece of gum in the car so I had to do the rather unpleasant nasal invasion brain poke.

Side note: I could hear the entire conversation of a car in front of me and it's no mystery why this thing spreads, people are fucking retarded... it went on forever back and forth, this lady in her Audi was like a brick wall and the workers were getting very agitated with her (understandably), it went something like this:

Her: I have a lot of symptoms
Worker: Confirms at least 4 symptoms I heard
Her: My doctor said I should come here to get tested after I saw him yesterday
Worker: Okay after you do the test it can take up to 48 hours for the result, you should go home and isolate until you know your result
Her: But I have an appointment with a client tomorrow for my work
Worker: Okay... but you might have COVID, that's why you're here right?
Her: But I probably don't, my doctor just said to get tested
Worker: You have symptoms that correspond to it, so you should get tested
Her: Okay well I don't want to get tested then, I have my important appointment tomorrow
Worker: But it's possible you have COVID, if you go to your appointment or anywhere and you do have it, you're spreading it to everyone you encounter
Her: ...
Worker: We can't force you to get the test (they should be able to at this point?!?!)
Her: Okay well I won't get it then because I have my appointment tomorrow that I can't miss
Worker: But, again, if you have COVID you are spreading it to everyone you encounter
** These last 6 lines repeated at least another 5 times over and over and over with the workers getting more and more angry at her **
Her: I will come another time (then she drove off)

So, yah, dense ass people like that are the reason we are where we are.................

I honestly hope there's some way that testers can plug in people and their license plates into some sort of registry for situations like this.

What a complete fucking selfish moron.