There's a good reason why you might be struggling with finding at-home COVID-19 tests.
“I then spent two hours waiting in line for my test, because they were so backed up,” Pestano said. “My results came back positive, so I spent Christmas alone in my apartment.”began to lead to a surge in cases, tests quickly became the one thing at the top of everyone’s holiday list. The only problem was no one could find one.
“I work at a coffee shop, and if I don’t work, I don’t get paid,” she said. “I almost didn’t want to take the test, because if I tested positive, I knew I’d be out of a week’s pay. But I knew for my safety and others I had to.” In response to Omicron and the immediate need for more tests, President Biden announced days before Christmas that his administration purchased a half-billion rapidtests and would distribute them for free to Americans, along with creating new vaccination and testing sites. However, experts argue that these actions are a little too late. So, we wondered how did we get to this testing scarcity two years into the pandemic, and what do experts think went wrong? Here’s what they had to say.
“With the surge of COVID-19 cases due to the fast-spreading Omicron variant and the busy holiday season filled with travel and social gatherings, we saw an increase in the demand for testing,” he said.“The FDA was arguably too slow in its approval process of rapid antigen tests early on in the pandemic,” said Dr. Mary T. Jacobson, Medical Chief Medical Officer atAnd the current demand could have been anticipated, Dr. Jacobson added.
“Infrastructure failure is due to a lack of leadership, messaging and a vaccine delivery strategy,” she said. “Scientists should report the science. Public health officials, including the WHO, should recommend public health policies based on science.”
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