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Arizona Is Awash in COVID-19 and Testing Is a ‘Shitshow’

TWO WEEKS FOR RESULTS?!?

Epic lines for tests, crazy waits for results—almost four months into the pandemic.

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Two weeks ago, Brett Barry walked into a CVS near his home in Phoenix to get a coronavirus test. Barry, a 55-year-old professional “mentalist”, had a tooth implant scheduled for the next week, and his dentist’s office required a negative COVID-19 test result before the surgery.

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