2024–25 · City-wide
Restore PCR testing and free at-home tests at libraries
Resident asks to bring back free PCR COVID-19 testing and fund libraries to always have free at-home tests, to limit spread among low-income people of color.
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The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Bring back PCR Covid-19 testing and provide more funding for libraries to always have free at-home tests.
Who it helps and why
COVID and Long-COVID disproportionately impact low income people of color, as seen by the 2020 impacts in Boston. We need to bring back free, reliable testing so ensure we stop the spread, deaths, and mass disabling.
Details
- Cycle
- 2024–25
- Submitted
- August 15, 2024
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Human Services
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
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