Re:Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more tha...
by rob74 on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:17AM
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And here I was thinking that Germany was car-centric... anecdotal evidence, but in my small town there is a testing site in a pharmacy a few hundred meters from my home, and I couldn't imagine that you would have trouble finding a testing site accessible by foot or public transport in larger cities.
Re:Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more tha...
by 0x0nyandesu on Monday January 10, 2022 @08:19AM
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I have gotten so many covid tests in the past two years. Some of them are drive thru only but most don't care either way. In DTLA proper the testing centers are mostly for pedestrians.
Re:Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more tha...
by ceejayoz on Monday January 10, 2022 @08:21AM
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Consider the possibility that your experiences aren't universal.
I cited specific examples of people having trouble getting tested without a car.
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Re:Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more tha...
by ceejayoz on Monday January 10, 2022 @08:27AM
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Still happening to people in September 2021: https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/09/21/after-cvs-denies-bic...
Re:Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more tha...
by jeromegv on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:03AM
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Services only being available for the middle class car owners is hardly something that has been dealt with in the US. But you would never recognize it if you drive your own car and never had to deal with taking public transit to live your daily life.
Re:Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more tha...
by 0x0nyandesu on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:15AM
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I literally walked by a testing center in LA two days ago that was for pedestrians but please continue making assumptions about what I know.
I spent YEARS taking public transportation in Philadelphia and you know what? It sucked massive donkey balls.
This is why I bought a house in the suburbs. Public transportation is for the poors (and New Yorkers I guess). Sorry not sorry.
Re:Covid-19 may have killed nearly 3M in India, far more tha...
by dang on Monday January 10, 2022 @03:50PM
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https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-07-07/op-ed-drive...
> For each walk-up site, we looked at how many people live within a mile radius and could conceivably walk to the site. You don’t need to look at a map to know that too many people and places are left behind. If you don’t have a car but live in South Los Angeles, chances are you can find a nearby walk-up test site. But if you’re carless in East L.A., there is not a single walk-up option in your community. The entire San Fernando Valley — with a population of almost 2 million — received its first and only walk-up site, in Arleta, in late June.
https://www.businessinsider.com/new-yorkers-without-a-car-ar...
> After trekking nearly two hours on public transit to get to the testing site in Flatbush, a neighborhood in New York's Brooklyn borough, the 30-year-old taproom manager was surprised to discover a line of cars snaking around the address instead of a line of people. McGrath, who does not own a car, approached a state trooper at the testing site to confirm his suspicions that a vehicle was required to be tested.
> "I walk up to one of the state troopers and he says, 'You can't walk in, you have to have a car,'" McGrath told Business Insider, adding that it appeared as though he was not the first New Yorker to arrive at the testing site on foot.