PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Concerned citizens are questioning the validity of a few COVID-19 testing sites in the Portland metro area after running into some red flags from a group called Center for COVID Control.
As people across the state are scrambling for access to fast COVID-19 tests amid the latest surge, Kandance Brigleb went to a Center for COVID Control testing site on Southeast 45th and Harney — one of three in the Portland metro area. The others are in Northeast Portland and the third is in Tigard.
“I got really excited that it looked easy and free and on a busy street,” Brigleb said.
When they arrived, her family filled out a form with their personal information, photo of driver’s license and insurance info.
In addition to this, some things just didn’t seem right.
“When we brought the PCR test back, they told us to go ahead and just put them in a, like a bucket that was available to everybody. And I remember saying to the guy ‘do you mean this garbage bin?’” Brigleb explained.
Her family’s results from Center for COVID Control came back negative, but to be safe they got tested elsewhere and turned out her whole family was actually positive. One of their PCR tests was never returned.
“I think that that experience seemed a bit sketchy to us,” Brigleb said.
The Better Business Bureau says Brigleb is not alone, they’ve receive complaints just like hers throughout the U.S.
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