Walking dead actor. $9k for COVID-19 test. Redicilous. It's why our health care system SUCKS!
Well, a lot of TWD cast members are neighbors here... I used to see Melissa McBride walk her dog Lincoln every day when we were in the same apartment building. This guy's been off the show for a few years but the interview makes it clear he still lives here.
It's definitely here.
I went to CVS Minute Clinic for a late flu shot today even though I already had flu this season. Can't risk getting or spreading another strain with the strain that will be already overburdening the healthcare system. That's the whole reason I had to stay out of work for a cold this last week (definitely a cold since sneezing is not a symptom of COVID-19 and sore throat without fever aligns more with cold than flu or COVID-19).
Anyway, I saw where they had the pick-up counter payment terminals moved to tables supposedly to maintain 6ft distance from the registers but it was actually less and I saw them break this separation multiple times... like when they asked me to write my info on a slip of paper: they bare-handed me a pen and I had to bear down on the counter (no tables there).
When I handed it back I saw her go to the pick-up counter and lean all the way across to push something on the payment terminal's touch screen after someone else walked away. Again: that touch-screen payment terminal is supposed to be 6ft from the register/counter but here she is touching it with her bare hands. There were literally sanitary disinfectant wipes on a stand next to that table which is what I used when I was forced to interact with that machine.
Next, she handed me a clipboard and another pen (probably should have told me to hang on to the first) to check off and sign stuff, which she also received back bare-handed. In the mean time the guy who walked away earlier had come back and she finished interacting with him at the payment/pick-up counter. I may have missed something but I never saw her wiping down pens/clip boards/counters though she *may" have disinfected her hands and I couldn't tell (wall was higher between counters) but I feel she was going back and forth between us too fast for that to be likely.
The guy administering the shot was in a face mask. I was able to keep my hands clean using their wipes and the place wasn't so crowded that I couldn't maintain 6ft distance from anyone. Didn't even feel the needle (seriously: glanced away while he was prepping me and didn't even know I got stuck). Cost me $30 without insurance. If you haven't had one, get one, because the regular seasonal flu can cost more lives than ever by adding to the healthcare load and we certainly don't need that spreading around at the same time.