There have been more than 28 million COVID-19 tests administered in California in 2020, which means sore schnozzes have united Californians like no event since, well, anything. Because this is a state with inequity baked into our bones, and every COVID-19 test tells a tale of a different California. Only people with COVID-19 symptoms were eligible, the same criteria for all free public tests in Orange County at the time. The second and third COVID-19 tests I experienced happened on the same day, after a COVID scare at my wife’s restaurant. The COVID-19 test was at a drive-through in a nearby parking lot.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 18, 2020 14:03 UTC