Detroiters denied coronavirus testing because they can't get prescriptions

[Counselor706]

DETROIT (WWJ) - Detroit is offering free drive-up coronavirus testing by the hundreds. But for some, getting access to those tests is nearly impossible.

Vehicles have been lining up daily so residents can be tested for symptoms of COVID-19 at Joe Dumars Fieldhouse at the former State Fairgrounds, near the corner of Woodward and State Fair avenues, just south of 8 Mile Road.

However, testing is only available by appointment and residents need a prescription or testing order from a physician. That prescription requirement, according to Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnago, is what's causing the problem.

Gay-Dagnago said many Detroiters don't have doctors, so they can't get the paperwork for testing.

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[Hugh_Essay]

Ha ha, what a shithole country!

 

[Tryharder62]

I wonder if they can call into an express care?

 

[thør]

I wonder if they can call into an express care?

You'd think so.

 

[bellisarius]

Your taxpayer dollars at work. I wonder which MI bureaucrat thought this one through?

 

[silver gurl]

You can only get tested here, per a doctors order.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Maybe Trump should reopen the ObamaCare exchanges so more people can get doctors?

Yes. Yes he should.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

You can only get tested here, per a doctors order.

Or through the local Public Health Unit COVID-19 screening system. ( which technically is via a Doctor, since the MOH by law has to be a Doctor).