One expensive but useful option is to buy a home-based PCR like Lucira (
https://checkit.lucirahealth.com/).  They currently have them in stock.

On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 1:57 PM Lynne Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> It is true that the COA is offering PCR tests.  But it is very hard to
> qualify for one unless you are symptomatic and test negative on rapid
> tests. I have a cold and cough and just returned from Colorado.  I was told
> I needed to have 2 negative rapid tests the 2 days before testing or I
> would not qualify. If I was Positive on a rapid test, I would not be
> eligible for a PCR test. If I was symptomatic, but had negative rapid
> tests, I could qualify.
>
> In fact, I do not have any at home rapid tests so I could not provide a
> negative test.  All this, and I am 77 and recently returned from a trip to
> Colorado!  I’m not sure why the qualification is so rigid….
>
> Lynne Smith
> 5 Tabor Hill Road
> Lincoln, MA 01773
> cell:  781-258-1175
> [email protected]
>
>
>
> On Jan 15, 2022, at 1:50 PM, Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Check with theCOA and Town website. The town has been offering a lot of
> testing recently
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 15, 2022, at 12:59 PM, Ellen Meyer Shorb <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi all. Any suggestions on where to get a covid pcr test nearby?
>
> Ellen Meyer Shorb, 781-879-9805
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