Chaos: 13 Omicron Testing Clinics Close in NYC, NJ, Defying Biden’s Testing Site Expansion

[mystery-ak]

Chaos: 13 Omicron Testing Clinics Close in NYC, NJ, Defying Biden’s Testing Site Expansion

Wendell Husebø 22 Dec 2021

Thirteen urgent care medical clinics closed in New York City and New Jersey on Wednesday, defying President Biden’s promise on Tuesday to expand omicron testing sites throughout the region.

CityMD, an urgent care medical clinic, which participates in testing New Jersey and New York state residents for coronavirus, has closed 13 clinics due to labor shortages fueled by the omicron variant.

“To preserve our ability to staff our sites, we are temporarily closing certain locations effective tomorrow, December 22. It is our hope that closing sites now will best allow us to avoid future closures as this surge continues,” the organization announced on their website.

The closures will take place in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Long Island, Manhattan, Queens, Westchester, and New Jersey.

“Thank you for your patience, and for your appreciation of our hard-working teams who are coping with the extraordinary demand in the midst of the holiday season,” CityMD continued.

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[LegalAmerican]

Good. Who cares?  Tests should ONLY be given to those who are SICK...to determine the problem, not EVERY WELL PERSON. 

INSANITY.

[EdinVA]

... labor shortages fueled by the omicron variant.

Not buying it.... more likely they fired a bunch of folks.
Northern Virginia has closed several emergency clinics because they don't have enough staff..

[Kamaji]

It's almost certainly due to a massive increase in tests being done for people who are flying to visit relatives over the Christmas holiday - they all have to have tests within a few days of the flight, and there are a lot of people in NYC who have family in, e.g., Europe that they will travel to see, as well as a reduction in available staff due to laying off people who are not themselves vaccinated, along with the other causes of labor shortages in NYC.

[Right_in_Virginia]

It's almost certainly due to a massive increase in tests being done for people who are flying to visit relatives over the Christmas holiday - they all have to have tests within a few days of the flight, and there are a lot of people in NYC who have family in, e.g., Europe that they will travel to see, as well as a reduction in available staff due to laying off people who are not themselves vaccinated, along with the other causes of labor shortages in NYC.

Good point.

[mountaineer]

labor shortages fueled by the omicron variant.

That makes no sense. A labor shortage isn't "fueled" by anything. Perhaps, instead, the reporters could find out why the clinics are short-staffed. Did they fire people? Call off sick?

I'm also curious: can any currently available test identify the specific "variant"? If I were to test positive for Covid-19 right now, would the test result indicate Delta, Omicron, Alpha or Omega?

[mountaineer]