{"id":372532,"date":"2021-11-26T01:48:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T22:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-yorkers-get-covid-19-tests-before-thanksgiving-dinner\/"},"modified":"2021-11-26T01:48:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T22:48:35","slug":"new-yorkers-get-covid-19-tests-before-thanksgiving-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-yorkers-get-covid-19-tests-before-thanksgiving-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"#New Yorkers get COVID-19 tests before Thanksgiving dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#New Yorkers get COVID-19 tests before Thanksgiving dinner<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Green bean casserole and pumpkin pie is so pre-pandemic \u2014 these New Yorkers are bringing a negative COVID-19 test to Thanksgiving dinner.<\/p>\n<p>City residents and visitors turned out in droves to get tested for the coronavirus before going to celebrate the holiday with family and friends on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew Thanksgiving tradition,\u201d said an Upper West Sider who gave his name as Ben C., while getting a free rapid test at a local CityMD site ahead of seeing his in-laws.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of 100 people to pass through the walk-in clinic on Broadway and West 70th Street before it closed at 1 p.m.. One woman who got there at 1:40 p.m. was in tears when she found the site shuttered.<\/p>\n<p>Judy Corcollo, 59, was in town from Washington DC, to spend Thanksgiving with her family in the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy siblings want to know and everyone is worried about my 85-year-old mother,\u201d she said while awaiting her results.<\/p>\n<p>Over at the ClearMD clinic just a block away, some 20 people had shelled out $45 each to get screened by 2:30 p.m., which was \u201cabove average,\u201d for the location, a worker there said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/covid-testing-nyc-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A sign outside of a hospital advertises COVID-19 testing on November 19, 2021 in New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-20273351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/covid-testing-nyc-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/covid-testing-nyc-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/covid-testing-nyc-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>An Upper West Side resident dubbed the urgency to get tested COVID-19 as a \u201c\u201dNew Thanksgiving tradition.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Spencer Platt\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A woman in a fur coat, who gave her name as Kathy K., got a rapid test before heading across town to a friend\u2019s dinner on the Upper East Side \u2014 and was thankful for the abundance of testing sites in her neighborhood.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI know how privileged I am to have the ability to get a COVID test last minute today,\u201d she said. \u201cOthers don\u2019t have the same luxury in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whitney Gold, 29, said her pregnant sister was requiring all guests to have a COVID vaccine and negative test in order to attend her Thanksgiving celebration in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one wants to get sick, especially put her and the baby at risk,\u201d said Gold, who got a rapid test at ClearMD. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA booster isn\u2019t a requirement, thank God, since I couldn\u2019t get an appointment in time,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>A Lab Q Diagnostic mobile testing site parked on West 72nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue had some 100 people get a free rapid test before 1:30 p.m., lower than the 500 daily average it saw earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to see Wicked tomorrow and my son only has one shot so it\u2019s required,\u201d said Jeff Galecke, 46, who was visiting the Big Apple from Boston with his 11-year-old son Andrew.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/covid-testing-nyc-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Tommy Liberto, known as 'Mr. Christmas Tree' from Bel Air, Maryland, poses with employees at a COVID-19 testing site on November 19, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-20273347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/covid-testing-nyc-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/covid-testing-nyc-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/covid-testing-nyc-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Tommy Liberto, known as \u2018Mr. Christmas Tree\u2019 from Bel Air, Maryland, poses with employees at a COVID-19 testing site on November 19, 2021.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re here from Boston and have a tradition to go to a Mexican restaurant with the relatives in the city,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is amazing so have mobile tests readily available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Tamar Lapin<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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