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Philostopher

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10. Montgomery County seems to have more "popup" sites...
Tue May 26, 2020, 04:12 PM
May 2020

But it's never clear in Dayton Daily News whether they're for anybody who wants a test (the administration's original "promise" ) or only for those who are symptomatic or front-line workers. I'm kind of disappointed DDN isn't more proactive about it, but they're bleeding money and understaffed, just like every small city daily newspaper that hasn't gone bankrupt yet.

Different organizations sponsor drive-through sites, like hospital systems, Kroger or WalMart, but there's no one place I know of, to find a comprehensive list or the dates of activity. Since Montgomery and Greene Counties really share a metropolitan district, neither county's health department would have a comprehensive list on site, so DDN should be doing it.

That being said, a week or so ago, the excuse was there are still supply issues. I don't recall what part of the test chain was lacking, but since we have multiple corporate labs around here capable of processing the tests, that shouldn't have been the problem.

Ohio defers that stuff onto county health departments, just like Trump shoved off the onus on states. I guess it depends on how adept your particular county's health infrastructure is at coping.

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Question for Ohioans.... [View all] Ohiogal May 2020 OP
At first I was much surprised with his approach Backseat Driver May 2020 #1
Thank you, that was very informative. Ohiogal May 2020 #2
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Thanks for your insight Ohiogal May 2020 #5
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welcome to DU gopiscrap May 2020 #14
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I haven't seen a rush for testing. hotrod0808 May 2020 #4
That's just despicable. Ohiogal May 2020 #7
Here's the sad thing about it all: hotrod0808 May 2020 #9
Nope blueinredohio May 2020 #6
Montgomery County seems to have more "popup" sites... Philostopher May 2020 #10
I just don't get it. Ohiogal May 2020 #11
My husband was complaining about this earlier this afternoon ladym55 May 2020 #12
Thank you for the information. Ohiogal May 2020 #13
I do know the National Guard has been pulled in to help with testing Maeve May 2020 #16
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