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01-16-2023, 12:33 AM
By the end of last year, if you needed a coronavirus test, you could get one. But when vaccines arrived, focus shifted.
Many of the vaccinated felt like they didn’t need tests and demand took a nosedive. Testing sites were closed or converted into vaccination sites. And Abbott Laboratories, a major test manufacturer, wound up destroying millions.
However, with the surge of the new Omicron variant, which is less susceptible to vaccines, demand for testing is back — and it is outstripping supply.
Guest: Sheryl Gay Stolberg (https://www.nytimes.com/by/sheryl-gay-stolberg?smid=pc-thedaily), a Washington correspondent, covering health policy for The New York Times.
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Background reading:
President Biden came into office vowing to make coronavirus testing cheap and accessible, but matching supply with demand has been a persistent problem (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/us/politics/us-covid-tests-omicron.html).
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
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Many of the vaccinated felt like they didn’t need tests and demand took a nosedive. Testing sites were closed or converted into vaccination sites. And Abbott Laboratories, a major test manufacturer, wound up destroying millions.
However, with the surge of the new Omicron variant, which is less susceptible to vaccines, demand for testing is back — and it is outstripping supply.
Guest: Sheryl Gay Stolberg (https://www.nytimes.com/by/sheryl-gay-stolberg?smid=pc-thedaily), a Washington correspondent, covering health policy for The New York Times.
Sign up here (https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily) to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter (https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline).
Background reading:
President Biden came into office vowing to make coronavirus testing cheap and accessible, but matching supply with demand has been a persistent problem (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/us/politics/us-covid-tests-omicron.html).
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)