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

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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-⁠home test:
  • If you begin having COVID-⁠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-⁠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-⁠19 vaccines

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Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • 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
Additional Notes
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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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.

Thanks to community member freshsqueezed for finding this deal

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

Take an at-⁠home test:
  • If you begin having COVID-⁠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-⁠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-⁠19 vaccines

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • 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
Additional Notes
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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Please be considerate and keep the political comments out of this thread. Thank you!
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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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NeeeesusSep 21, 2023 05:01 PM
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Quote from freek :
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.
These are pretty useful. I know my family who ended up with Covid and for all of us the kits showed positive. A PCR test also confirmed the infection for me.
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sjaxkingpinSep 21, 2023 05:31 PM
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Well, I already paid for it, so I might as well use it.
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happygooddealSep 21, 2023 05:43 PM
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Thanks mine ran out few months ago and it cost almost $20 at local stores.
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Quote from LivelySink338 :
How can you just extend an expiration date? Seems shady to me
It has to do with the stability of the chemistry. Since obviously these tests were pretty new, they were given a short expiration date as the tests could not prove stability and reliability beyond that date since there weren't tests to see if they could be stable beyond that point. Given more time to conduct lab tests, these tests that were given extended expiration dates since they did retain stability and reliability past the original expiration date.
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The_danweLSep 21, 2023 06:04 PM
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Quote from LivelySink338 :
How can you just extend an expiration date? Seems shady to me
The same way you can plan everything out in the open at event 201
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Quote from TimWillin :
Some kits expiration date has been extended, so be sure and check it using the link on the site before tossing them out.
... and that link is: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devic...stic-tests (scroll down)
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chaz3664Sep 21, 2023 06:11 PM
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Quote from LivelySink338 :
How can you just extend an expiration date? Seems shady to me
At this point it doesn't really matter if it makes sense or not.
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Quote from numike :
should I pitch the testing kits that I have in my cupboard from over a year ago?
Might they be expired and order new ones?
don't toss expired test kits until you've checked here:
https://www.fda.gov/medical-devic...stic-tests
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PhuongN1949Sep 21, 2023 06:21 PM
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Nice! Used all mine up. Needed more and was about to buy some more. Not 100% accurate but close enough
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Quote from JeffJ9000 :
That's good to hear. Kindly post the links to the tests, who ran them and who funded those tests. Trust but verify, right?
https://www.fda.gov/medical-devic...-questions

Great place to start Smilie
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AmusedWalrus629Sep 21, 2023 06:37 PM
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Quote from SkillfulStew9849 :
As a mail carrier..ugh please no!
Why, do they have a logistical issue with delivery?
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