Frustrations grow and questions linger over COVID-19 testing in Anchorage

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Vexation with Anchorage’s approach to COVID-19 testing grew to new levels this week as rising demand for tests placed added pressure on a system that recently shifted from city management to private operations:

“This was created as a tool to help us better communicate with all parties and the public, what is happening with testing from our end,” Jones, with Capstone, said in an email.— Alaska Park, C Street, Change Point and Calista Court — reported delays of one to two hours Thursday. Capstone’s Wasilla location at the Sears building remained closed due to storm damage.

Perez-Verdia said he had hoped to hear directly from the administration about why the city changed its testing and how testing efforts are going. The night before the meeting, municipal manager Amy Demboski told him that she and Gerace were too busy to attend and they felt as though they’d already provided enough information, Perez-Verdia said in an interview.

Assembly member Austin Quinn-Davidson in an interview Wednesday questioned why the city had decided to stop funding testing cites and move to privatization. Not all members of the committee raised concerns with the administration’s current COVID-19 response. Assembly member Jamie Allard, an outspoken supporter of Bronson’s whose positions generally align with his,

Other specifics weren’t included in his email or in responses to follow-up questions sent to the mayor’s office later, although Young said that the city health department “has been working with multiple vendors to find a supply stream.”

 

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DavebronsonAK Like your skewered advice on covid numbers test less, lowered numbers. Anytime you switch to a private company, it's only there for a paycheck it doesn't care about your health. This administration has failed again.

Omicron doesn’t care if you think COVID is a hoax If you don’t die - chances are low with Omicron but it still happens - you will still be very very sick with respiratory problems

Why didn't Mayor Bronson do a better job with COVID testing in Seattle?

On top of confusion over on-site testing locations, popular at-home test kits have been hard to find for many in Anchorage. As of this evening, the city health department says it doesn't have more kits to distribute 'in the immediate future.'

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