I understand why some might not want it and would opt out, no reason for it to be forced on people, but why would that be a reason to not have any version of drive up or outdoor labs at all for other people who won't go otherwise? I'm sure hospitals see losses by now and just standing firm isn't going to work, not for me anyway. Humans can either walk into grocery stores or do pickup and people seem to be able to work that out, they do this for Flu shots too so it's not unheard of, at least where we live. I don't really care about being uncomfortable but suspect how they do it up in Ma where they put a little needle with a tube in and then just swap the different collection vials causes no discomfort to me at all. If any one of the local hospitals does something outside or from my car at least I'd show up, as it is they are losing business that I would think they want and I'm sure the towns want the revenue. It would probably be a game changer for any local struggling facility.
The contamination issue doesn't really land for me. If many people indoors is bad then why is this different? My car and outside are definitely safer than any enclosed space shared with who knows who having who knows what & no way is some poor overworked lab tech cleaning the waiting room, pens and doors in between patients like WDW is doing. Throw in elevators etc at a facility and hospital acquired infections esp MRSA and the needle seems buried on the other side.
As for the tents, my region has already hospital tents they roll out for Flu season they bought after getting slammed during H1N1`. Plus, nearly every office I've ever seen has little boxes that safely store samples for when the lab driver swings by for pickup so it's probably more about moving the pieces on the game board and being adaptive.
Just weird that the medical world, upon which we are so reliant for defending us against illnesses which seem extraordinarily quick on their feet, is so slow to react, resistant to change and steeped in tradition, quite a mismatch.