California man flies to Idaho for ‘faster’ COVID-19 test

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (KGO) — A California man is flying out to Idaho where his wife says he can get tested for the novel coronavirus quicker, and get his results back faster.

Brian Devlin lives in Richmond, a city approximately 15 miles north of San Francisco, and his wife, Tiffany Valentine works for an airline and lives outside of Boise, Idaho.

Devlin said his daughter attended a Black Lives Matter protest in Oakland and thought it would be a good idea if they both get tested for COVID-19. Devlin also added that he planned on visiting his wife in Idaho but wanted to get tested beforehand.

On July 1, Devlin said he scheduled an appointment through the Marin County Health and Human Services Department. The first available appointment was July 10 in San Rafael. His daughter did the same through Contra Costa County and the wait time for an appointment there was just as long.

“In Contra Costa County, the closest one was eight days, the closer one to me was within 10 days, and the whole reason was so that I could fly to Boise and visit my wife,” Devlin said.

“It took 10 seconds, it’s not painful and it’s no big deal. And then they assured me that I’d know in four or five days,” Devlin said. He sent KGO-TV a photo of a flyer he received after he took his test that said he will get results within three to six days.

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