Friend,

Our team wants to make sure you and your loved ones stay safe during this omicron surge and beyond, since this pandemic is not going anywhere.

If you haven’t yet, you can request 4 at-home COVID test kits from the USPS at special.usps.com/testkits. If you live in an apartment complex, please include your apartment number on the top line in addition to your street address—people have reported issues if they put their unit number on the second line.

If you’re having difficulties with the site accepting your address, it may be due to backend issues with the USPS database. Here are a few options:

You can ask the USPS to correctly categorize your home as multi-unit by calling 1-800-ASK-USPS. (Keep in mind: this may include long wait times.)
If you want to get through even faster, you can look up the phone number for the regional USPS office that serves your zip code at https://postalpro.usps.com/ppro-tools/address-management-system.
If you have private insurance, you can now get reimbursed for purchasing at-home rapid tests. You can find options to order them online at https://www.findacovidtest.org/.

Certain pharmacies and community health centers are also beginning to offer free N95 masks, with assistance from the federal government. Here are a few options:

Stores that have begun offering up to 3 free masks per person at some locations include Walgreens, Rite Aid, CVS (including pharmacies inside Target and Schnucks), Krogers, Meijer, and Hy-Vee.
Free masks should be available at some Walmart and Sam's Club stores late next week, as well as grocery stores within Albertsons and Southeastern Grocers companies.
The same pharmacies partnering with the federal government on vaccines should also supply masks soon, and you can find a full list here.
(If you live in Michigan, you can call the state COVID hotline to ask about the closest mask distribution site near you: 1-888-535-6136.)

You can also find affordable disposable masks here, and you can find the New York Times’ top-recommended reusable masks at https://enro.com/.

Remember: With masks, the level of filtration is important, but so is the fit on your face. The more gaps around where the mask fits on your face, the more likely you can get or spread COVID, particularly indoors.

Vaccines have been proven to be quite safe, and they help reduce symptom severity and the likelihood of spreading COVID, so they are important protections in addition to wearing masks. To find vaccines and booster shots near you, check out https://www.solvhealth.com/.

If you’ve found other helpful resources you think we should know about or share, please reply to this email with that information.

And please feel free to share the below graphic with your community, keeping in mind that the phone number listed for mask distribution is for Michiganders.

Graphic saying: Order your free covid-19 home test. You can order up to 4 at-home COVID-19 tests by going to special.usps.com/testkits. You can order free tests over the phone by calling the COVID-19 vaccination hotline at 1-800-232-0233. To contact the closest mask distribution site in your community, call 888-535-6136. You will be able to pick up free KN95 masks for you and your family.

Wishing you health, safety, and ease these next few months,

Rashida

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