The COVID-19 pandemic

[jamincan]

It seems to me by limiting testing to appointments only, the government is trying to obfuscate the actual backlog in testing. All centres in Waterloo Region, for example, only accept appointments for the same day and then stop accepting appointments once the limit is reached. How many people are trying to get tested, then? It's pretty much impossible to know with any certainty.

There are some datapoints, though. I checked Halton Region, and they are accepting appointments into the future, and right now the earliest available appointment is a week away (that may have become even greater since I last checked). That's pretty dire if true.

Replying to an old message ... my wife and I booked tests on Thursday afternoon, and got into the 10:30-11:30 drive-through slot at 137 the next dat, so less than 24h delay for getting a test. There were times available elsewhere, too. Actual testing site was calm and organized.

She got her result within 24h, mine was for some reason about 34h, but still the next day for results, too. So, roughly 48h from booking to test results.

Incidentally, I got tested as well, over the weekend. Booked it Saturday morning, got tested early Sunday morning, and had my result this morning. The testing site actually says that the result was reported yesterday, so it seems like they might actually have a faster turn around than even 24 hr now.