I am truly baffled as to who you think is being tested for Covid.
I work in Hollywood, and I have been tested dozens of times, just about weekly, because a recent (24-hrs) negative test is REQUIRED to go to any stage or even office building or shop. Surely workplace requirements are the majority (maybe vast majority) of all testing. So I would think changes in # of people returning to work, or changes in employer policies, would be causing weekly fluctuations in # of tests, not any medical reason (or any reason based in reality.)
I cannot imagine I would ever seek a test unless it was required. And only the fact that we are a very small operation and my employer REALLY needs me on these on-sites, keeps me from refusing.
Also, a VERY IMPORTANT fact that I never hear mentioned:
At a nominal cost of $175/test, (paid for by Somebody), testing companies are raking in huge amounts of cash. They have 100% incentive to make sure testing continues to be mandatory.
I will also point out that the company used by Los Angeles County when they were doing testing at Dodger Stadium (Oct 2020 was my experience) has been in business since ... March of 2020. And their Privacy Policy section of their website was a page where the <TITLE> or <HEADER> tag still said "Billing" because obviously the Billing section was done first, and somebody copied it as a template but didn't remember to change the top. That's how well thought out all of this was.
That said, thank you for being just about the only writer who is both rational and honest. I trust you. That means more than it ever has.
Zvi,
I am truly baffled as to who you think is being tested for Covid.
I work in Hollywood, and I have been tested dozens of times, just about weekly, because a recent (24-hrs) negative test is REQUIRED to go to any stage or even office building or shop. Surely workplace requirements are the majority (maybe vast majority) of all testing. So I would think changes in # of people returning to work, or changes in employer policies, would be causing weekly fluctuations in # of tests, not any medical reason (or any reason based in reality.)
I cannot imagine I would ever seek a test unless it was required. And only the fact that we are a very small operation and my employer REALLY needs me on these on-sites, keeps me from refusing.
Also, a VERY IMPORTANT fact that I never hear mentioned:
At a nominal cost of $175/test, (paid for by Somebody), testing companies are raking in huge amounts of cash. They have 100% incentive to make sure testing continues to be mandatory.
I will also point out that the company used by Los Angeles County when they were doing testing at Dodger Stadium (Oct 2020 was my experience) has been in business since ... March of 2020. And their Privacy Policy section of their website was a page where the <TITLE> or <HEADER> tag still said "Billing" because obviously the Billing section was done first, and somebody copied it as a template but didn't remember to change the top. That's how well thought out all of this was.
That said, thank you for being just about the only writer who is both rational and honest. I trust you. That means more than it ever has.
BR