As reported Friday December 24:
The NYC Health & Hospitals contractor DocGo Mobile Covid Test and Vaccination Unit Van arrived for a Roosevelt Island week long stay at Good Shepherd Plaza last Monday.
On December 31, Roosevelt Island resident Annemarie Van Roessel reported:
Thank you for all your work to document the news on Roosevelt Island. One thing I havent seen mentioned in your coverage about the testing van that was at Good Shepherd Plaza last week was the delay in getting results.
My daughter and I waited in line for 4 hrs and 24 minutes (I was keeping a stopwatch on my phone) on Dec 22nd and we are both still waiting for results today, Dec 31st. My results are still pending, but theres nothing at all noted for my daughter, which suggests her test samples were totally lost (this was at the point when their printer was broken and they were hand-writing our information on labels to affix to the test swab bags.)
Of course any results are beyond useless at this point, but I just found the whole thing to be an enormous fiasco. I have emailed the testing company twice over the last 9 days to ask when our results would be reported, but they just send an auto-reply FAQ and close my tickets.
Is this company getting paid for tests that were never completed? That seems like a big scam to me. And maybe there are others like us who waited for hours in the cold for absolutely nothing? Im thinking of reporting to RIOC and Ms. Seawright about my very disappointing experience.
I replied:
I have been working on a story about the test results and getting comments from residents on Roosevelt Islander Instagram page.
Among the Roosevelt Islander Instagram comments about the December 20-24 Mobil Unit Covid 19 test results were:
According to NYC Health Department , the Roosevelt Island 10044 Zip Code Covid 19 hospitalization data during most recent 28 day period of November 23 – December 20 shows 7 people hospitalized for a rate of 60 per 100 Thousand people. Will show the next 28 day period Roosevelt Island Hospitalization data when it becomes available.
There have been no Roosevelt Island Covid 19 deaths during this 28 day period.
According to NYC Health Department , the most recent 7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 25 – 31 for Roosevelt Island (Zip Code 10044 ) shows 560 people tested and 152 Positive Cases for a rate of 27.14%.
The 7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 21 – 27 for Roosevelt Island (Zip
Code 10044 ) shows 994 people tested and 182 Positive Cases for a rate of
18.31%.
The 7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 19 – 25 for Roosevelt Island (Zip
Code 10044 ) shows 1159 people tested and 201 Positive Cases for a rate of
17.34%.
The 7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 18 – 24 for Roosevelt Island (Zip
Code 10044 ) shows 1030 people tested and 145 Positive Cases for a rate of
14.08%.
… 7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 13 – 19 for Roosevelt Island (Zip Code 10044 ) shows 980 people tested and 79 Positive Cases for a rate of 8.06%….
… 7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 11 – 17, on Roosevelt Island (Zip Code 10044 ) shows 835 people tested and 51 Positive Case for a rate of 6.11%
7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 10 – 16, on Roosevelt Island (Zip Code 10044 ) shows 778 people tested and 36 Positive Case for a rate of 4.63%
7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 7 – 13 for Roosevelt Island (Zip Code 10044 ) – 813 people were tested and 33 Positive Case for a rate of 4.06%.
7 Day Covid Testing Data from December 6 – 12, when the Covid Mobile Test Van was here on Roosevelt Island (Zip Code 10044 ), 973 people were tested resulting in 30 Positive Case for a rate of 3.08%.
7 Day Covid Testing Data from November 24 – November 30 for Roosevelt Island Zip Code 10044 shows 578 people tested and 15 Positive Case for a rate of 2.6%…
Instagram comments included:
UPDATE 10:40 PM – Roosevelt Island Historical Society President Judy Berdy adds:
TWO FRIENDS OF MINE WENT TO BELLEVUE THIS WEEKEND. BOTH HAD RESULTS WITHIN 28 HOURS. THEY COMPLEMENTED THE EXCELLENT SERVICE AND BEING IN AN INDOOR SPACE THAT IS LARGE AND WELL VENTILATED. ALL VACCINES AND BOOSTERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE THERE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
I am distressed to hear that neighbors have not received results from PCR tests taken at the mobile unit days ago. My test at Bellevue e-mailed me results in 24 hours. Please use our municipal system that is here to serve every person, no questions asked.
TWO RELIABLE, FREE AND PERMANENT TESTING SITES ARE OUR MUNICPAL HOSPITALS. BELLEVUE HAS LARGE AND WELL ORGANIZED INDOOR WAITING AREAS FOR VACCINATONS, BOOSTERS AND TESTING.
THIS IS A MUCH BETTER IDEA THAT FREEZING ON A LONG LINE FOR POP-UP TESTING.
TAKE THE NYC FERRY AND BELLEVUE IS A QUICK WALK ON FIRST AVENUE OR METROPOLITAN IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE 96 STREET Q TRAIN(YOU CAN TAKE NYC FERRY TO 90 STREET DOCK FOR A WALK UP TO MET)NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue 462 First Avenue New York, New York 10016 212-562-5555
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan 1901 First Avenue New York, New York 10029
COVID-19 Testing and Antibody Testing Offered Here Monday Friday Sunday, Walk Ins: 7 a.m. 7 p.m.
