“It feels very much like we're paying for our freedom — like they have left us to die and are selling us back the right to live.'
“We went up to the register and saw that it was $300 worth of tests,” says Mayers, who has been sharing their supply with friends and family in the weeks since then. “It just hits you in that moment, when you realize how expensive this pandemic is in terms of making sure that you're preserving the health and safety of yourself and others. What especially hit me then was just how much privilege I have to be able to afford $300 worth of tests.
The symptomatic-but-still-testing-negative trend also meant a racked-up bill for Kamaria Morris’s family. Thirteen family members across three households formed a pod so they could safely spend the holidays together. Morris’s mom drove around their city of Chicago purchasing at-home test kits for the family, first buying them for $24 at Walgreens before discovering the same kits for $14 at Walmart.
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