"Two government-run efforts to distribute free COVID-19 tests and to offer free courses of Pfizer's Paxlovid antiviral are set to end Friday, as trends of the virus have largely slowed.
"The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, or ASPR, will stop accepting orders to ship COVID-19 tests to all households through the U.S. Postal Service, an agency spokesperson confirmed, marking an end to this season's round of shipments.
"ASPR has delivered over 1.8 billion free COVID-19 tests to the American people through COVIDTests.gov and direct distribution pathways and will continue distributing millions of tests per week to long-term care facilities, food banks, health centers, and schools," the spokesperson said.
"This year's free COVID-19 tests program is coming to a close earlier than last year. In 2023, orders for tests were accepted through the end of May.
"Slowing case rates drove the decision to pause orders for the sixth round of test shipments, the spokesperson said. Tests could still be distributed again by ASPR in the future."
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Well, how stupid is this? Just because you think COVID is over, and because you just got rid of COVID isolation, you think that there's no longer a need for test for it?
This administration is really jumping the gun and is acting on wishful thinking along. What's going to happen during the next surge? What happens if some newer, stronger variants emerge? What then?
I think our administration, and the "Centers for Disease" (or Centers for Downplaying COVID), is doing an abysmal job of planning for the next round of COVID, not thinking about the consequences of their actions, and for dealing so badly with public health in general.
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