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BIDEN IGNORES QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID TEST SCARCITY, SAYS ‘JUST FIND OUT WHERE
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that COVID has had on our country.
Biden ignores questions from reporters after Covid-19 Response Team meeting
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President Biden ignored questions Tuesday about long lines for COVID-19 tests
and the status of his plan to mass-mail 500 million at-home rapid test kits —
after he encouraged Americans to “just find out where they are.”
“What about the free COVID tests going out to Americans? When will they get
those COVID tests?” a female reporter asked Biden after he delivered remarks
about a record-smashing surge of coronavirus cases.
“People are still standing in line a mile away from the White House to get a
COVID test,” the reporter added.
“Sir, when should we expect the tests?” a male reporter shouted at the
president.
Biden didn’t answer any questions at his only public event of the day as his
press aides shooed reporters away from a stage decorated to resemble the White
House in the next-door Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
Retailers such as CVS Pharmacy have sold out of test kits at some locations and
massive lines have formed at official test sites due to the more contagious
Omicron variant of COVID-19, forcing FEMA to open federally run testing sites in
hard-hit areas.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Dr. Anthony Fauci at the
COVID-19 response briefing on January 4, 2021.REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Biden focused his remarks on slamming the 14.5 percent of US adults who have
resisted vaccination while trying to reassure the public that in-demand test
kits were coming.
“Drugstores and online websites are restocking … more tests are available or are
going to continue to become available,” Biden said. “Next week, our requirement
that your insurance company reimburse you for at-home tests takes effect … So if
you’re insured, you can buy the test and get paid for it.”
“Many states and local governments and health care providers are passing out
free at-home tests that you can pick up,” the president added. “Just find out
where they are.”
Presiden Biden ignored questions about long COVID-19 testing lines and the
status of at-home tests that were supposed to be mailed out.REUTERS/Evelyn
Hockstein
The White House reportedly rejected an expert plan in October to mass-distribute
at-home rapid tests ahead of a possible holiday surge in COVID-19 cases. But
Biden belatedly embraced the idea late last month as cases increased.
“Finally, as I announced recently, the federal government is launching a website
this month, where you can get tests shipped to your home for free upon your
request,” Biden said Tuesday before receiving a non-public briefing from his
chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said last week that the
mass-mailing program’s first contracts won’t be signed until late this week.
It’s still unclear when a government website will be launched for people to
request the rapid tests, how many test kits households will be able to request
at a time, or when they will be mailed.
Biden urged people to “just find out where they are” while talking about
testing.REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Federal statistics on new COVID-19 cases haven’t been updated since last week
due to the New Year’s holiday. The most recent date for which the CDC published
data — Dec. 29 — had a record-smashing 486,428 new diagnosed cases. The New York
Times, which compiles its own case data, said more than 1 million Americans
tested positive for the virus on Monday.
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and even people who received a third “booster” shot have fallen ill — though
preliminary data indicate Omicron symptoms may be less severe.
But at the same time, hospitalization rates are up sharply in New York and other
hard-hit areas.
The pointed questions for Biden came despite the White House press office
continuing a murky practice of pre-screening journalists allowed within earshot
of Biden. The criteria for selection remains a mystery to White House reporters,
who have been given a variety of conflicting explanations. It’s widely believed
to be a tactic to shape the variety of questions that get asked.
Biden declined to take questions just a day after deflecting another coronavirus
inquiry by telling a journalist, “I’ll be talking to you about that later.”
Republican National Committee Chairman Ronna Romney McDaniel quickly slammed
Biden in a statemet.
“Joe Biden campaigned on shutting down the virus — he failed,” McDaniel said.
“After forcing Americans out of jobs with authoritarian mandates, crushing small
businesses, restricting the accessibility of therapeutics, failing to deliver
tests, and closing schools for children, Biden has now waved the white flag on
fighting COVID. The bottom line: Joe Biden does not care about the hurt he’s
caused so many Americans.”
Biden announced a federal government website where people can request free
at-home test kits.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Vanity Fair reported last month that experts from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of
Public Health, the Rockefeller Foundation, the COVID Collaborative and other
groups pitched a 10-page plan to White House officials on Oct. 22 that called
for the production of 732 million tests per month for a “Testing Surge To
Prevent [a] Holiday COVID surge.” The plan even called for “Every American
Household to Receive Free Rapid Tests for the Holidays/New Year.”
Biden denied spiking the idea, telling The Post last week, “We didn’t reject it”
as he departed for a vacation in Delaware. A White House spokesman later claimed
Biden didn’t “reject” the plan to distribute free tests to households before the
holidays because it is being acted upon months later.
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