Quick "Useful" : Walgreens Offers Free HIV Testing
Today is a day to do something Useful. But what can you do? I got tested for HIV. For all people, certain Walgreens around the country are now conducting HIV tests for free….and no, there are no hidden charges. It’s free. I had to get tested for going overseas, and the doctors’ office has been nothing but bureaucratic hell, so thanks for the internet, I found that the Walgreens in Foggy Bottom DC as well as other select stores throughout the country can do the testing. I walked in, and at first, I noticed that every single nation of Africa worked in the drugstore. The pharmacist was an angry Man from the Ivory Coast. His assistant was probably from Niger because she wasn’t talking much, and the woman who conducted my test was most definitely Ethiopian with a distant ancestor from Somalia. She had to ask me: “Have you had any risky behavior in the last six months?” Of course I said, “Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, no.” Like I said, I was ge...