New York City quietly closed half its COVID-19 testing sites as omicron rebounded this spring

Read the full story on Gothamist, published July 5, 2022. Betsy also discussed the investigation on WNYC’s Morning Edition.

The story is based on an original data analysis by Betsy, and includes charts sharing her findings.

NYC health officials pushed back on the story, leading to a follow-up piece coauthored by Betsy and Gothamist/WNYC Health & Science editor Nsikan Akpan. Read that follow-up piece here.

NYC has faced a major COVID-19 surge this spring — yet the city closed public testing sites and made it harder to get PCR results.

I crunched the numbers for @Gothamist/@WNYC: https://t.co/MKsv8UYHaO (1/10) pic.twitter.com/tRm9eFgYVd

— betsy ladyzhets 📊 (@betsyladyzhets) July 5, 2022