Hey, welcome to PSA Thursday where we share tips on how to cope with work, money, and life during the pandemic.

My name is Paula Pant, I'm the host of the Affordable Care Foundation.

Today we will be talking about tips for staying productive when you're working from home.

But first, okay, I just have to share the story with you.

So like 10 minutes ago, I get a text message from a reporter at Channel 8 News,

which is the local CBS affiliate television news station in Las Vegas, where I live.

Now, I know this reporter because last week she interviewed me for a segment where I went on Channel 8

and I talked about my experience of having COVID-19.

So they did this story that was like, you know, local girl gets COVID-19, shares her experience of what it was like.

Standard local news story, they air it on the five o'clock and six o'clock and 11 o'clock news.

And in an ideal world, that would be that, that would be the end of the story.

But 10 minutes ago, I get a text from her and she sends me a link to a breaking news story that they've just published,

which pertains to the urgent care clinic where I got my COVID-19 test.

And here's what the article says, the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health

has issued a cease and desist order to an unlicensed laboratory in Las Vegas.

After looking into a substantiated complaint, an investigation, and an unannounced visit to the site,

the division found that the laboratory at Sahara Urgent Care and Wellness was operating without a license

and was collecting patient specimens and performing lab tests.

The lab, located at 6125 Sahara Avenue, suite 1B in Las Vegas, was using a serological test to test for COVID-19.

According to the DPPH, quote,

serology tests are not to be used for diagnostic purposes, and any serological test at Sahara West Urgent Care and Wellness

would not have a definitive result for the purposes of diagnosing COVID-19.

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