• dat_math [they/them]
      hexbear
      69
      2 years ago

      tfw getting downvoted in your local coronavirus subreddit because you reminded the libs that biden's people thought this was a bad idea when it would have been more impactful

  • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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    51
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    4 per address.

    Per address.

    Multi family households? Multi-generational families? Young people and migrants living 3 to a room to save on rent? Homeless folks without a address?

    Who does this policy really benefit? The Biden administration continues their genocidal policies.

    • MedicareForSome [none/use name]
      hexbear
      43
      2 years ago

      A friend of mine lives in an apartment and it seems that they coded the complex as one address so one family that lives there can get it.

      • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
        hexbear
        26
        edit-2
        2 years ago

        Yeah, it's incredibly common. Which is why almost everything else goes by household, which doesn't include roommates or other people living on the same property.

        For "some" reason they went with residential address here, which coincidentally makes it so people with multiple properties can get multiple orders and people who have cheaper living arrangements are SOL.

        Edit: this also makes it so if you need a test, and someone on the property you live on ordered them before you. You will now have to go see them and ask for one of the tests and possibly give them the virus lol.

        It's not a big leap to think that's an intended consequence lol.

        • learntocod [they/them]
          hexbear
          5
          2 years ago

          What do you mean income tax owed? Someone at this address already paid!

    • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
      hexbear
      21
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      I honestly can't think of why it would be worded this way except to keep poors from getting them.

      Since they're available, they get to say they tried to help or something, while in reality they just put a big middle finger up to a huge chunk of the population.

      This administration actively wants poors to be in danger lol. It's past callousness, this shit is straight up hostile

    • flowernet [none/use name]
      hexbear
      16
      2 years ago

      someone making 80k a year is going to design a pretty American flag design with working class silhouettes on the box the tests come in.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
      hexbear
      6
      2 years ago

      Who does this policy really benefit?

      I know when the kits actually arrive. If my stockpile of kits goes from zero to four, its an improvement. But I'm curious to see if he even gets them out in a timely manner, or if this is something that'll show up on my doorstep some time in mid-March.

    • hypercube [she/her]
      hexbear
      31
      2 years ago

      yeah lol, 7 free lateral flows a day (if they're in stock) and free pcr if you get symptoms/are exposed. Though we've had a lil burst of consent manufacturing already for getting rid of that scheme, so it's probably not sticking around for long

  • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
    hexbear
    34
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    why the fuck isn't your government sending them? for free?

    i had to get tested last week, ordered on monday, came through my door on tuesday, sent back same day, all for free

  • Kanna [she/her]
    hexbear
    34
    2 years ago

    This is FAR too little too late, but it's a very small start to doing the right thing

    Thank you for the heads up!

  • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
    hexbear
    28
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    Lol I live in a split occupancy house, basically a big house with 4 apartments, but we share an "address" technically. Divided into a, b, c, and d

    My elderly downstairs neighbor ordered hers, and now it won't let anyone in the house order any.

    Tried with and without the apartment number both in the field and at the end of the address.

    Edit: yeah it specifically says one order per residential address. Unless they change that stipulation anyone that doesn't have an entire place to themselves is kinda fucked

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
      hexbear
      25
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      lmfao same we have like 20 people living in one five-plex. what a fucking shitshow. "how many households could possibly be in one building? one, right?" :hillary-apartment:

    • CheGueBeara [he/him]
      hexbear
      19
      2 years ago

      Don't worry, people with multiple single-family homes will be able to get a bunch!

      • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
        hexbear
        17
        2 years ago

        LMFAO I didn't even think about that. It's fully within the rules too. It just says per residential address. What the fuck hahaha

          • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
            hexbear
            7
            edit-2
            2 years ago

            Straight hostility towards poors while getting to turn around and pat themselves on the back for "doing something", nevermind it's less than even the barest minimum.

            Exactly zero main stream politicians or outlets will challenge this.

    • mr_world [they/them]
      hexbear
      17
      2 years ago

      They have to have something to point to as a criticism though. Now they can talk about inefficiency because 1 person is getting 4 tests while 20 people have to share 4 tests. This lets them pretend they're helping but also giving them room to talk about how a business could do it better.

      It's not an irrational outcome of an otherwise rational system. It's a rational outcome of an irrational system. There's a 0% chance that this problem wasn't accounted for. Which means they know it and there's a reason they're doing it.

      • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
        hexbear
        7
        edit-2
        2 years ago

        It's an all around win for neolib ghouls then. They get to pretend like they actually did something, make some sort of bullshit point about free markets like you said, and it puts the poors at risk.

        Win win win for these totally not fascists.

        They're going to get midtermed so fucking hard if this is all they got lmao

    • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
      hexbear
      17
      2 years ago

      ah, great - thanks for confirming what I assumed. Hope my roommates don't try to order any LOL

        • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
          hexbear
          16
          2 years ago

          Gotta love :amerikkka:

          I don't even have separate units in my case, just rent a 3br house with two other people so I guess my :biden-harbinger: plan is to just...ration these 4 out on a 'as needed' basis?? lol

          • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
            hexbear
            11
            2 years ago

            They just didn't factor people in with roommates apparently, since they aren't part of your household.

            This shit is so stupid

    • sovietknuckles [they/them]
      hexbear
      5
      edit-2
      2 years ago

      Include the apt number on line 1 instead of line 2 and it will pass

      Edit: As @Dingdangdog says, this probably only works for properties registered as multiple residences. So, not houses

        • sovietknuckles [they/them]
          hexbear
          6
          2 years ago

          Hmm, I did it and it did. Now I wonder I was somehow the first to submit it in my whole complex.

          • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
            hexbear
            6
            2 years ago

            Probably not, I think it's more an issue with places like mine that are literally just houses that are divided into apartments versus a whole complex which has its own USPS designations going on

    • learntocod [they/them]
      hexbear
      4
      2 years ago

      Try making your last name “smith at 32 main st” and using a clearly wrong po (PO Box 42069) for the street. The postal workers will probably sort it out.

  • RainbowDash [they/them]
    hexbear
    26
    2 years ago

    Still can't get mask? Was reading an article on r/covid about China quarantining a building to stop the spread and the comments were as doomer as ours. Like how we talk about climate change, but about a building lockdown where the people inside were given food masks healthcare lol, the horror

  • DickFuckarelli [he/him]
    hexbear
    25
    2 years ago

    Hey Jack, if you can't afford a test just take one from one your roommates who ordered theirs first. If they give you shit, just shoot em in the leg.

    • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
      hexbear
      20
      2 years ago

      Not even per person, per residential address. It's less than useless for anyone that doesn't have an entire place to themselves

    • CyberMao [it/its]
      hexbear
      30
      2 years ago

      The USPS could basically be the American mass line

      • Nagarjuna [he/him]
        hexbear
        27
        2 years ago

        This is why Bernie was proposing using the USPS to distribute very low interest payday loans.

  • @Abraxiel
    hexbear
    17
    2 years ago

    what's the shelf life on these tests?

  • Elon_Musk [none/use name]
    hexbear
    15
    edit-2
    2 years ago

    I'm gonna share with you a pro gamer move. Order them for your chud neighbors. :big-cool:

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