If you are wondering how dire the lab test supply issue is getting, two emails I got this morning:

9:51 am - the request we put in 6 weeks ago for polypropylene aliquot tubes is being cancelled

10:10 am - it was cancelled bc that tube manufacturer is now out of business

By way of explanation: we weren't provided specific details, but if the *materials* necessary to make the mountains of plastic disposables needed for lab testing are in short supply, some manufacturers get enough (or possibly any) @ockinger https://twitter.com/curious76208787/status/1292876399926292489?s=20

Hot tip: we found a box of potentially compatible aliquot tubes in our student teaching area that had been sitting gathering dust since 2012! https://twitter.com/SBtotheDub/status/1292888277876236288?s=20