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Canada Is Mailing Thousands Of At-Home Blood Tests To Canadians For A COVID-19 Survey

You need to prick you own finger and send it back.
Canada COVID-19 Survey Is Going To Thousands Of Mailboxes & It's An At-Home Blood Test
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You might receive one of Canada's COVID-19 surveys in the mail soon. 

The survey includes an electronic questionnaire and an at-home finger-prick blood test for you to give yourself or your child and return it to Statistics Canada. 

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Your contribution will play an important part in understanding past infections by measuring the prevalence of COVID-19 antibodies amongst Canadians. Statistics Canada

The participants have been selected at random and, according to CBC News, 48,000 test kits are being sent out. 

Statistics Canada says that participation is totally voluntary and you can choose not to participate, even if it arrives in your mailbox with your name on it. 

If you do want to participate, you need to fill out the questionnaire, prick your finger, and return the "dried blood spot sample" using the prepaid postage that's included with your package. 

This test is for all Canadians, even those who have never tested positive for COVID-19. 

You'll be asked for your health card number and personal identifiers like your name and address in order to confirm the validity of the sample. 

After its confirmed, all the files that link the sample to you will be destroyed and it will be completely anonymous. 

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