{"id":186818,"date":"2021-02-23T16:05:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/vending-machines-with-covid-19-home-tests-arrive-in-nyc\/"},"modified":"2021-02-23T16:05:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T13:05:01","slug":"vending-machines-with-covid-19-home-tests-arrive-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/vending-machines-with-covid-19-home-tests-arrive-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"#Vending machines with COVID-19 home tests arrive in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Vending machines with COVID-19 home tests arrive in NYC<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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NYC has seen vending machines for engagement rings and Brooks Brothers shirts, as well as PPE like gloves and sanitizing wipes, but this new Manhattan machine is really testing the limits. <\/p>\n

Since January, a storefront at 225 W. 34th St. \u2014\u00a0formerly home to a Lane Bryant \u2014 has hosted two of health company Wellness 4 Humanity\u2019s new vending machines, which sell DIY at-home COVID tests instead of snacks or sodas.<\/p>\n

For $149 \u2014\u00a0credit or debit cards only, no cash \u2014 you can pick up a PCR saliva test, use it at your leisure, mail it to one of the company\u2019s partner labs via FedEx with a pre-printed label and get your results via text or email in 48 hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to get something quick that would be reliable,\u201d said Lauren Folland, 24, of Jamaica, Queens, who got a test from the machine on Monday after flying home from a Fresno, California, funeral.<\/p>\n

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center found that, in the detection of COVID-19, a self-collected saliva sample is as accurate as a nasal swab<\/a> administered by a health care worker.<\/p>\n

In comparison to the pharmacy drive-thrus where Folland has been tested 10 or so times over the course of the pandemic, the machine-dispensed kit felt like \u201cthe most luxury way to get tested: You don\u2019t have to sit in your car. You just go and pick up the test and do it at home,\u201d she told The Post, adding that not having to \u201cdeal with scheduling\u201d was a bonus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For $149 a pop, this Midtown vending machine will dispense you an at-home coronavirus self-test kit. <\/figcaption>
Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While not FDA app<\/a>roved, the test is among a swath of at-home nasal and saliva collection kits available under emergency use authorization (EUA) \u2014\u00a0meaning the FDA allows them \u201cwhen certain statutory criteria have been met, including that there are no adequate, approved and available alternatives.\u201d <\/p>\n

Experts say that DIY kits can help curb the virus\u2019 spread by minimizing exposure to health care workers and other, potentially infected people, and by reducing turnaround times. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe use of self-collected saliva has the potential to minimize health care worker exposure and decrease the need for specialized collection devices, such as swabs and viral transport media<\/a>,\u201d said Esther Babady, director of the Clinical Microbiology Service at MSK, in December.<\/p>\n

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Lauren Folland tries out the machine at 225 W. 34th St.\u2019s Wellness 4 Humanity location.<\/figcaption>
Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Folland received the kit for free from the company, and the assistant property manager said she wouldn\u2019t make this her regular form of testing. \u201cI would love to be able to afford [the kits] all the time, but they\u2019re quite expensive,\u201d she said (the tests can be submitted for insurance reimbursement). The machines are also subject to the building\u2019s hours \u2014 it\u2019s open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. \u201cIf it was just on the street it would be a lot easier,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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These COVID-19 test kit vending machines have been in a Midtown storefront since January.<\/figcaption>
Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wellness 4 Humanity aims to install the machines in other major cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Dallas. The Oakland International Airport already has them, and some colleges have also recently installed COVID test-dispensing vending machines, including the University of California in San Diego<\/a>. <\/p>\n

While Folland said the experience was streamlined, she also admitted that it felt like a sad sign of the times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s odd that this is our life now: Vending machines are not for fun things, but [for] something as scary as a PCR COVID test,\u201d she said. \u201cThe function makes sense, but it\u2019s also like, \u2018Wow this is what you\u2019re living in right now.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

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Lauren Folland uses a Wellness 4 Humanity vending machine to buy a COVID test.<\/figcaption>
Stefano Giovannini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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