Help us with NAAT testing to protect us from Covid

My name is Kim. I'm a cybersecurity researcher and professor. I have been active in the Covid cautious community for years. I have donated money to people for basic survival and so they can be things like N95 respirators.

I also share my resources freely with the community. For instance, here is my free public Google Drive folder that I constantly update with new Covid and H5N1 research. Feel free to share: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h1GWOB9Uz_tpikuP45IqiCriYc3azUF7?usp=drive_link

I live alone and I live a strictly Covid cautious lifestyle that includes wearing a respirator the moment I'm outside of my apartment, running HEPA filters in my home, and constantly testing my partner. My partner now refuses to wear respirators consistently. No matter how much I warn him. And he's now getting LC symptoms like heat intolerance and headaches.

I have remained completely Covid free and I will move Heaven and Earth to remain that way. Negative tests are an absolute necessity for me to allow my partner to visit my home.

I was using Cue for a year (having my partner use it from his home to test), and I bought my Cue kit back when my income was a lot better. Many of us know what happened to Cue Health. They started altering their tests in ways that were not FDA approved. They lost FDA approval this spring, and now the company is out of business and bankrupt.

Lucira and Metrix still haven't been approved for Canada and may never be approved here. So the only home testing option that isn't RAT here in Canada now is PlusLife. PlusLife is very expensive to start with (over $400 for the dock), but surprisingly affordable by a strictly per test basis as long as you already have the testing dock. Tests are sold 10 for about $100, which is cheaper per individual tests than some RATs.

I have been getting my partner to use FlowFlex RATs for the time being, but the shortcomings of RATs make me very nervous. They won't show a positive until a few days into an infection, and my partner won't wait a few days after doing his risky lifestyle stuff to assure a more accurate RAT.

This page shows screenshots of the prices in Canadian dollars for the PlusLife dock, tests, and shipping.

Once my $700 fundraising goal is met, I will buy a dock and tests and show everyone here my receipts.

I won't close this GoFundMe if it's successful for this reason:

If we can go well over goal, I can buy PlusLife docks and tests for a few low income Covid cautious people. Each $500-$700 over my goal (depending on where the recipient lives) will result in me ordering PlusLife testing for low income people I know on Bluesky. I will also show receipts for that.

Thank you so much for your help! It really sucks that the only reliable testing to protect me is too expensive for my current freelancing income, and for most people in general. If we can go well over my goal, I'd love to help out other people too.

Lives can be saved!