There’s Something About Biden’s COVID Tests He DEFINITELY Does NOT Want You To Know!

The Biden administration’s nearly half of the 500M free COVID-19 tests have not been claimed despite the plummet COVID-19 cases.

This is according to the administration officials claiming that the program still represents a step toward a deeper and more responsive testing program. They added that the said program will also accommodate demand surges and remain on standby when cases wane.

Records show that the website COVIDtests.gov received 45 million orders in January during the White House test giveaway.

Now officials say fewer than 100,000 orders a day are coming in for the packages of four free rapid tests per household.

Dr. Tom Inglesby, testing adviser to the COVID-19 response team said “We totally intend to sustain this market, we know the market is volatile and will come up and down with surges in variants.”

Here’s an excerpt from the Newsmax report:

Testing will become more important with mask requirements now easing, say some independent experts. “If infection control is still our priority, testing is central,” said Dr. Leana Wen, a former Baltimore health commissioner and commentator on the pandemic. “Four tests per household for one family will only last you one time. There should be enough tests for families to test twice a week.”

Inglesby maintains that the pieces are falling into place to accommodate that.

Private insurers are now required to cover eight free rapid tests per person, per month. Medicare coverage will start in the spring. The administration has also been making free at-home tests available through libraries, clinics and other community venues. Capacity for the more accurate PCR tests performed by labs has been built up. The White House recently put out a request to industry for ideas on how to sustain and expand domestic testing for the rest of this year.

Wen says people still need a guide for when to test and how often. “Right now it is still unclear,” she said.

President Joe Biden’s pivot to testing came under duress as the omicron variant gained force just before Christmas. Tests were frustratingly hard to come by, and expensive. The White House is sensitive to criticism that help may have come too late.

“There is no question some people found out they were positive from taking one of these tests and were able to keep other people from getting infected,” said Tim Manning, supply coordinator for the COVID-19 response team.

Manning added, “A critical thing to us was that anything we did had to be done in a way did not create a shortage at retail to the general public.”

Overall about 20% to 25% of the tests have gone to people in distressed areas, officials said.

After the cases went down it’s now unclear what will happen to the White House giveaway program. Allowing repeat orders is one possibility.

Smith says groups like hers should get any surplus. “We know where the people are,” she said.

Although the program is still in its infancy, analyst Lindsey Dawson of the Kaiser Family Foundation believes its legacy may lie in familiarizing more people with testing. “It may get someone comfortable with utilizing the tests, thinking about how they might use testing in their lives,” she said.

Savita Sharaf, a retiree from the Maryland suburbs outside the nation’s capital, said she ordered her free tests around the middle of January and got them in early February. She’s tried to conserve them, for added peace of mind. In the stores, she couldn’t find tests for less than $25.

“I’m so relieved because I can immediately test myself,” Sharaf said. “If we had a high vaccination rate, it would be a little easier to say let up on this program. But I feel we have to watch for the next month or two, to see what happens.”

Sources: Newsmax, 10News, Komu