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Some people in the Mill Creek area may be choosing to avoid testing for COVID-19, to avoid quarantine.

"Unfortunately, the health district is hearing reports of parents or friends urging people not to get tested to avoid an isolation or quarantine period," the Everett Public Schools website says. The school district quotes health officials who say testing, isolation of cases, and quarantine remain important to fight the virus. The interruption of transmission and prevention of illness requires continued practices that characterized the pandemic's start, and that includes testing, the websi...