The majority of school districts will also be closed, along with some liquor stores in states with stricter laws (which includes Massachusetts). It will also be harder to find banks open on Veterans Day 2015, however. Here is a larger list of those that will be closed on November 11 (via the Huffington Post). Bank First National; Bank of America
Sometimes, doctors do a throat culture instead of a rapid strep test. A throat culture is more accurate than a rapid strep test, but the results take longer (2-3 days) to come back.
In most cases, the incubation period for strep throat will last between one to five days. This causes people who are exposed to the strep bacteria to manifest symptoms as early as one day after infection and as late as five days after infection.