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WarGamer

(12,444 posts)
Fri Dec 24, 2021, 07:30 PM Dec 2021

COVID-19 Tests are the new Toilet Paper

I was at the grocery store last night picking up Christmas Dinner supplies and saw a sign "All COVID-19 Tests Out of Stock"

Thought hmmm...

Went to the corner store to grab a few bottles of wine this morning and a sign "No More COVID-19 Tests. Check back tomorrow"

I've been staring at stacks of C19 test kits all over the place for several months...

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COVID-19 Tests are the new Toilet Paper (Original Post) WarGamer Dec 2021 OP
New York City was sold out PJMcK Dec 2021 #1
That actually says a lot, doesn't it? WarGamer Dec 2021 #2
Yeah PJMcK Dec 2021 #3
. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #4
ordered some the other day from Amazon and Walmart, delivery after Xmas. dem4decades Dec 2021 #5

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)
1. New York City was sold out
Fri Dec 24, 2021, 07:33 PM
Dec 2021

We went to a CVS in rural Pennsylvania and the wall behind the checkout counter was loaded with hundreds of boxes of the test kits. Weird.

dem4decades

(11,293 posts)
5. ordered some the other day from Amazon and Walmart, delivery after Xmas.
Fri Dec 24, 2021, 08:07 PM
Dec 2021

But the Walmart ones came today, a great surprise. However, our plans have changed anyway because of some exposure to family members, so we're all hunkering down. But at least we have the tests for the next time.

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