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In August, its "" service, one of the , over fears that the American public would deplete the national stockpile of tests before the onset of winter. On Thursday, the White House announced that it has restarted the program in cooperation with the US Postal Service, though households will only receive half as many tests as before — four individual rapid antigen COVID-19 tests per household. We live in the single wealthiest nation in the history of the Earth.
When the program was initially paused, 600 million at-home tests had already been sent to American households and, given the rate of distribution, the federal government would have needed to go back to Congress for additional funding to purchase more tests. In September, the White House did just that, to fight COVID — amid mild Summer and Fall COVID seasons, Congress did nothing. The White House then in November. on the issue, .
COVID cases reached their lowest in mid-October with just 261,268 reported nationwide. That number has doubled in the past two months, . Amid what is suspected may be the latest wave of the pandemic, the White House has decided that the situation is dire enough to warrant dipping back into the national test stockpile as part of its . You can order yours through . Orders will begin shipping free the week of December 19th, 2022.
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When the program was initially paused, 600 million at-home tests had already been sent to American households and, given the rate of distribution, the federal government would have needed to go back to Congress for additional funding to purchase more tests. In September, the White House did just that, to fight COVID — amid mild Summer and Fall COVID seasons, Congress did nothing. The White House then in November. on the issue, .
COVID cases reached their lowest in mid-October with just 261,268 reported nationwide. That number has doubled in the past two months, . Amid what is suspected may be the latest wave of the pandemic, the White House has decided that the situation is dire enough to warrant dipping back into the national test stockpile as part of its . You can order yours through . Orders will begin shipping free the week of December 19th, 2022.
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