Free at-home COVID-19 tests became available to citizens Tuesday, but lingering doubts still remain with delivery times and the omicron variant raging across the country.
represent the kind of mass government investments long seen in parts of Europe and Asia, but delayed in the U.S.
The four tests per home made available through the government website may not go very far in some households.Kristen Keymont, 30, is a voice and piano teacher who teaches online and shares a house in Ipswich, Massachusetts, with her partner and two other people. When one of her housemates tested positive just before Christmas, she and her partner spent $275 buying more than a dozen tests.
There have been nearly 50 million visits to the test-ordering website since it went online Tuesday, according to a federal analytics site. Even with government intervention, the U.S. faces a massive testing load because of its population, which is five times larger than Britain’s.
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