How to Not Freak Out When Waiting for Test Results

Even routine medical testing can create a lot of anxiety. Here’s how to stay calm.

Erika Stallings
Elemental
Published in
6 min readAug 4, 2020

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As access to testing has increased and roughly 750,000 Americans per day line up for a Covid-19 test, wait times for results have climbed up to two weeks in many places — and more people than ever may be experiencing test result anxiety…

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