Theyll know which testing sites are offered in your area, and whether you need a referral or an appointment. I d say if your kid has a visit coming up, ask now where you would get them evaluated if you needed to.
Anytime a kid is ill, theres an abrupt rearrangement of strategies. You might keep them home from school, or possibly call off work yourself. In 2020, theres a brand-new consideration: where can I get this kid a COVID test?
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I took this as a little workout in fact-finding, and started googling to see where I would take my child if they needed a test. My kids school says they will close if there are a specific number of cases in the structure, but if its hard to even get a test for a kid, how numerous cases will they truly end up knowing about?
Reading her thread, I understood that I dont understand where I would go for a test if one of my kids needed one. You have to visit their websites or call them separately to see whether they evaluate kids, or whether they even check the general public at all.
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The CDC recommends contacting your state or local health department, and offers this listing of local health departments. Its still difficult to learn what screening sites are near you, and harder still if youre trying to find one that takes children, especially young kids.
I took this as a little workout in fact-finding, and began googling to see where I would take my child if they required a test. I didnt develop an answer, although I do have a list of places I could call. Its a sad state for a nation to be in throughout a pandemic, at a time when schools are resuming. My kids school says they will close if there are a specific variety of cases in the structure, but if its hard to even get a test for a kid, how many cases will they truly wind up understanding about?
As health reporter Sarah Kliff recently kept in mind on Twitter, thats not an easy question to answer. Her very first surprise was that Walgreens only evaluates adults, not kids, for COVID. (Its the same at CVS and Rite Aid, by the way). Her city had totally free testing websites, however those sites only accepted children who were at least 6 years of ages.
Reading her thread, I realized that I do not know where I would go for a test if one of my children needed one. You have to visit their websites or call them separately to see whether they evaluate kids, or whether they even test the general public at all.
