[wonnage]

It still sucks to get Covid, based on my small sample size of a few breakthrough infected friends even "mild" omicron is on par with a bad flu. It's also about 10x as contagious. Most people don't want to infect all their friends if they can help it, so they test.

Also we all have friends and family members with high-risk conditions and don't want to give it to them either.

[nradov]

I understand that people don't want to get infected, but that doesn't change the reality that everyone will be exposed.

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/12/1072548446/public-health-expe...

The virus isn't going away. No one will be able to avoid it without living as a hermit. The CDC estimated that about 44% of Americans had already been infected as of October 2021 and with the more contagious Omicron variant now circulating we're probably well over 50%.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burd...

Additional home testing is largely a feel-good measure. It might ease some people's anxiety but won't significantly change the course of the pandemic.