Thanks to Anne for passing on from DC Health:
“Starting today, you can get a free COVID-19 rapid test kit @dcpl. Check your desired location for hours of operation.” Read More
From the office of DC Revenue Analysis:
“During the pandemic years DC lost about 16,000 taxfiling households, bringing with them $3B in income. Below are the top destinations of these migrants. Read more.”
“Dear PoPville,
I recently received a COVID booster and saw that it was not updated on the vaccine card in my Apple wallet. I recall a post awhile back about how to add the record to Apple wallet. Could you post a question to the forum for how to update our records in Apple Wallet?”
Apple has a good explainer here.
photo by Emma K Alexandra
Justin writes:
“Understandable but unfortunate. It was DC CAN that informed me of my April 2022 exposure, and it’s instruction to rapid test resulted in my positive diagnosis a good 36 hours before I developed symptoms, allowing me to protect others in the interlude.”
From DC Health:
“DC Health would like to thank residents for using the DC COVID Alert Notice (DC CAN) COVID-19 exposure notification system to help protect yourself and our community. Exposure notifications helped to prevent thousands of cases of COVID-19 during the pandemic and allowed people to take action to prevent its spread. In DC alone, over 37,000 people used DC CAN to anonymously alert others of possible exposure to COVID-19, generating more than a million exposure notifications.
The nationwide program that supports the DC CAN exposure notification system will discontinue operations on May 11, 2023. As a result, Read More
“Dear PoPville,
(TL;DR: Writing about a $500 insurance charge associated with a COVID test from Sameday Health in Georgetown – wondering if anyone else is having a similar experience.)
My previous insurance is attempting to charge me $500 for COVID test lab work from a test I took in July 2021, billed Feb 20, 2023 – nearly two years after the fact in addition to being covered under the CARES Act at the time. The insurance company claims I filed too late, but I never received any kind of documentation to submit – only an email from Sameday Health essentially saying “what you’ll get from your insurance isn’t a bill!” Read More
Ed. Note: On February 28th DC Health suspended “COVID-19 Test Yourself DC self-service kiosk program as well as rapid test distribution at libraries and senior centers”.
From DC Health:
“Today, DC Health announced that the last day of operations for the COVID Centers will be Friday, March 31. The decision to close the COVID Centers comes after the District has experienced a significant drop in COVID-19 cases, high vaccination uptake, and an increase in the availability of vaccines and testing kits for at-home use. Similar actions are being taken at the federal level and by other jurisdictions around the nation. The COVID Centers were established in January 2022 to provide residents with free and easy access to COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and masks at the height of the pandemic. Today, these items are readily available at most pharmacies, doctor’s offices, and other community locations. Read More
photo by the_home_and_the_world
From DC Health:
“DC Health announced that beginning Tuesday, February 28, 2023 they will suspend the COVID-19 Test Yourself DC self-service kiosk program as well as rapid test distribution at libraries and senior centers. These changes are in line with similar actions at the federal level as a result of falling COVID-19 case counts and the increased availability of testing and vaccine opportunities through medical offices, pharmacies and community health centers.
DC Health continues to emphasize that the most important thing residents can do to protect themselves and their families from COVID-19 is to be up to date with their vaccinations and boosters. As District programs begin to scale down, there continues to be many convenient options for residents to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, booster or rapid test kit, including: Read More
“Dear PoPville,
Where in the DC area can I donate unopened rapid Covid tests? I imagine there are individuals and communities who need them more than I do and cannot afford them. Read More
“Dear Popville,
Since the start of the pandemic, the zoo has required tickets for access. While restricting access aligned with scientific recommendations when less was known about outdoor transmission of COVID and when transmission in the area was high, that is no longer the case. As a primarily outdoor venue, there is no reason to set capacity limits or require walk in visitors to seek a pass. Furthermore, zoo staff report that the current capacity limits the zoo has set for itself are never reached. Given current CDC guidelines and community transmission, there is no basis for continuing to restrict access to this public resource. Read More
photo by @MadelineinDC
Thanks to all who sent us Madeline’s photo (above) last night at 6:45pm.
The Wharf responded at 8:45pm:
“We apologize for the poor phrasing of our recent mask signs. Read More
