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They're $10-12 USD per test where I live.
What do you mean about a phone app? How would that possibly be a reliable test?
Are you in the US? $25 is what I saw recently.
I am. Was $25 for 1 test? That's a lot.
That's what I paid last month at Walgreens for a kit with 2 tests.
I thought they were still free so it was quite the sticker shock. I went in for supplies thinking I could afford $40 this month and ended up spending $65.
If I didn't NEED the test for work I would have just not bothered at that price. When you live check-to-check stuff like this matters.
I'm shocked your work doesn't have some for free. Kits are much cheaper in bulk orders and the benefit to an employer of not having sick people killing production is probably clear.
One job I had had a literal pallet of them. People would grab an entire family's worth at a time.
They were asking people to come in anyway. They don't care. I took the test for my own legal protection from my employer.
I’ll have to check again. But I’m happy for the freebies! We are a household of three. Every bit helps.
I think they are talking about this: https://www.covid-19-sounds.org/en/
Back in 2022 there was a news article circulating around the research based on this app, Other than that news blitz I can't find anything substantial using regular web searches.
Keywords: Wafaa Aljbawi COVID Sounds Phone App
I couldn't download it using Google Play - it says it is designed for an old phone, but Aurora App Store allowed it to be downloaded. Not sure if it's trustworthy, as after it's initial news blitz, completely silent.
Reviews are old, it seems that this might have been an active thing back in 2020 or 2022, but at this point, I'm guessing it's unmaintained on the Univesity side.