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Democrats have been notably hesitant to criticize President Biden about a continued shortage in testing kits for COVID-19.
An insufficient supply of COVID-19 tests had been a major point of criticism from Democrats toward former President Trump back in 2020.
However, some officials within the Biden administration are failing to grasp the testing strategy nearly two years into the pandemic.
“The White House, in baseball terms, was playing small ball,” Dr. Steven Phillips, vice president of science and strategy for COVID Collaborative, told Vanity Fair in December. “When it comes to rapid testing, they’re bunting the players along.”
WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS TESTING RESPONSE AMID SHORTAGE, SAYING IT QUADRUPLED AT-HOME SUPPLY SINCE SEPTEMBER
Until recently, the White House had no plans to provide free tests for individuals. Last month, White House press secretary Jen Psaki mockingly dismissed the idea of free tests when it was suggested by NPR reporter Mara Liasson.
“Should we just send one to every American?” Psaki responded sarcastically. When Liasson said yes, Psaki challenged the idea.
“Then what happens … if every American has one test? How much does that cost, and then what happens after that?”
In April 2020, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., produced an open letter signed by 46 Democrats to former Vice President Pence. The document blasted the administration for “over-promising and under-delivering” on COVID-19 tests. It also demanded an increase in transparency and internal scrutiny of the administration’s test kit supply lines.
“Given the Administration’s track record of over-promising and under-delivering on testing for COVID-19, the public deserves full transparency about our national capacity for COVID-19 testing, including where tests are available, how many have been conducted, which patients have access to testing, and what the results of these tests revealed,” the senator wrote in the joint letter.
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