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U.S. Household: Request One Set of 4 COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Home Test Kit Expired

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COVID.gov is offering every U.S. Household: Request One Set of 4 COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Home Test Kit for Free when you click on the 'Order Free At-Home Test' link & place an order through the USPS form. Shipping is free.

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Note, must fill out the form completely through the United States Postal Service to request your test kits.

Take an at-โ home test:
  • If you begin having COVID-โ 19 symptoms like fever, sore throat, runny nose, or loss of taste or smell, or
  • At least 5 days after you come into close contact with someone with COVID-โ 19, or
  • When you're going to gather with a group of people, especially those who are at risk of severe disease or may not be up to date on their COVID-โ 19 vaccines

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  • Every U.S. household can place an order to receive one set of 4 free at-home tests COVID-19 rapid test kits, delivered to their home vis USPS
  • The U.S. government will continue to make COVID-19 test available to uninsured individuals and underserved communities through existing outreach program
  • Orders will ship free starting the week of October 2, 2023
  • Limit of one order per residential address
  • Offer valid while test kit supplies/distribution period last
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  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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Beginning September 25, every U.S. household can again place an order to receive four more free COVID-19 rapid tests delivered directly to their home via USPS (link below will be active on September 25th).

https://www.covid.gov/tests

How to order free COVID tests:

Four free tests will be available for each household to request through the government's COVIDTests.gov portal beginning on Monday, Sept. 25
Tests will be shipped through the U.S. Postal Service, and would not be directly affected by a potential government shutdown if Congress fails to pass a funding bill by the end of the month.
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Last Edited by AnciusD September 25, 2023 at 01:54 PM
Authorized At-Home OTC COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests and Expiration Dates

The table below lists FDA-authorized at-home OTC COVID-19 diagnostic tests, and includes information on expiration dates, who can use the test, and other details that may help you decide what test is right for you. To see complete information on smaller screens, select the blue plus (+) button beside the test name.

To see if the expiration date for your at-home OTC COVID-19 test has been extended, first find the row in the below table that matches the manufacturer and test name shown on the box label of your test.

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devic...tests#list

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Because in reality the expiration date is only a suggested shelf life. The product doesn't know to just stop working on a given date. It's honestly one of the biggest scams to get people to buy a new product based on an expiration date. I work in supply chain and see so many items get tossed because of an expiration date. From a Harvard study: "90% of more than 100 drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, were perfectly good to use even 15 years after the expiration date." (https://www.health.harvard.edu/st...20to%20use.) YMMV

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Lots of off topic has been removed.

Let's please keep the discussion friendly/helpful and on topic regarding ordering/receiving the kits.


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Please be considerate and keep the political comments out of this thread. Thank you!
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COVID occurrence on the rise again or just bc winter is coming?
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COVID occurrence on the rise again or just bc winter is coming?
Both..
https://www.usnews.com/news/healt...-into-fall
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These are pretty useless. I know of multiple people who ended up with Covid and for all of them the kit showed negative. Only a PCR test confirmed the infection.
Not saying these are 100% accurate but it's pretty easy to mess up the test or do it wrong.

These tests have greatly helped people I know by letting them catch it early enough to quarantine and keep it from spreading to their households, which I might add is also a difficult task which will require a little effort and knowledge.
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09-21-2023 at 12:34 AM.
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Thanks! was just going to buy one
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Thank you I just used my last one so this will be a help
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09-21-2023 at 01:18 AM.
09-21-2023 at 01:18 AM.
Last time i ordered a batch, expiry dates were on the shorter side. So order only what you need, not to stockpile bc it'll be a waste...

edit: keep on getting replies to this - i know about the updated expiry dates, i actually used them 6 months past the new updated recommendation.
can guarantee 3 months past updated expiry bc i got covid nov 2022 and the tests original exp was like in june same year
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09-21-2023 at 01:36 AM.
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Perfect timing. Just recovered from covid 3 days ago so time to add these back to my test kit stash. These tests are great, was able to detect it early and quarantine accordingly
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These are pretty useless. I know of multiple people who ended up with Covid and for all of them the kit showed negative. Only a PCR test confirmed the infection.

The virus load wasn't high enough for the cheapie test to see it likely.
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