Currently, they're using the name "Free COVID Test [Location]" for each of their sites, and the ones that have been shut down involuntarily all appear to have been because they were operating without business licenses.
I suspect that they're taking the two weeks they've voluntarily shut down to get business licenses and maybe rebrand a bit.
But you don't go from a scammy operation with employees who've only been there 4 mos bragging about their $1.45 million salaries to legit in 2 weeks.
So if they have locations in your state and you haven't heard anything about them being under investigation there, keep pushing for an investigation or they'll probably be back like nothing happened in a couple weeks.
There's also GS Labs (the one with the neo-Nazi ties). They're not in as many states, but they're still a pretty robust national organization that seems to have their shit more together than CCC. If you've had a questionable test at one of their sites, please report it.
And if they're operating in your city, please ask the city to check whether they have a business license.
Like I said, they seem to be a little more professional than CCC but you never know.
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Tomorrow my congregation goes to a nearby park to tend to and restore the tree canopy to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat, the new year of the trees.
We honor trees metaphorically by calling Torah a tree of life, and we honor them literally on this holiday.
It's going to take a while for what happened today to loosen its grip on Jewish communities, but I can't think of a more healing holiday to be heading into in its wake.
I think, at times like this, of bioethicist Laurie Zoloth's assertion that
"It is the way that Jews answer death,
with the passionate search for justice."
But I am grateful that the justice we will be focusing on this week is of a gentler sort, environmental justice.
interesting that their SEO appears to be tailored to searches for free testing (although I am not an SEO expert, in case anyone who is wants to take a closer look)
because their fine print specifies that you'll pay about $300 out of pocket
Holy shit. WA people, listen up. There are a bunch of these centers in WA (I'll do locations in this thread) and they're listed on some government sites as legit testing sites. (1/x)
So, first off, USA Today has already done an expose on this company.
"Marchett, who is a developer, said he looked into the website’s code for the link and found it was "hardcoded," meaning the link was not providing unique information to each user."