A healthcare volunteer in protective gear grabs a COVID-19 test kit from a driver with a tong at a mobile test site in Los Angeles on May 6.
Los Angeles is the first big U.S. city to offer COVID-19 testing to anyone who wants it. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images) Last week, after Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that Los Angeles was offering COVID-19 tests to all city and county residents, I decided to get one myself — and test Garcetti’s bold new promise in the bargain.
I was surprised how easily I was able to log on to L.A.’s testing website. I answered a few questions about myself, including whether I had any symptoms of the disease — the answer was no — and within three minutes, I had a same-day appointment at one of eight city-run
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