Posted on 02/27/2022 5:12:34 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of the 500 million free COVID-19 tests the Biden administration recently made available to the public still have not been claimed as virus cases plummet and people feel less urgency to test.
Wild demand swings have been a subplot in the pandemic, from vaccines to hand sanitizer, along with tests. On the first day of the White House test giveaway in January, COVIDtests.gov received over 45 million orders. Now officials say fewer than 100,000 orders a day are coming in for the packages of four free rapid tests per household, delivered by the U.S. Postal Service.
Overall about 20% to 25% of the tests have gone to people in distressed areas, officials said.
Now that demand is way down, it’s unclear what will happen to the White House giveaway program. Allowing repeat orders is one possibility.
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Biden could f’ up Polio.
People tried to get on the website a few times, forgot about it, and here we are.
I have 486 take home tests sitting in the storeroom at work about to expire. They are free for the asking but no one wants them.
Free COVID tests? They’re passing out free COVID tests?
What’s next, free crack pipes?
Call me when they’re giving away free Teslas.
I’m still waiting for my free facemask.
A waste of taxpayer money.
Made in China...
Are these the ones that arrive in your mailbox and say they have to be kept refrigerated?
Free?
Nothing is free.We taxpayers pay for it.
By the time my test was positive I already spread covid to others.
Covid tests = DNA collection kits.
They are stacked in bags at my local pharmacy, no one is taking them.
I got mine, but they expire in 6 months. Most of these will end up in the trash.
Exactly. We received 2, which we had ordered to support our ‘grey man’ status. At this point, we, as a couple, are not concerned about COVID. I realize as a SARS virus it has proven sever and deadly to some. But then again, every SARS virus is severe by definition.
There are bins of free masks at grocery stores all over East Tennessee and Western North Carolina at the moment...
LOL...they better put them at the drive -thru if they want me to see’em. I hardly ever go inside. I’ll have to schedule an exploratory foray.
Tests are worthless now
You can get covid 10 minutes after being tested.
If you don’t live in New York or such and live in America, there is not really any worry
It eas a way to gin up the numbers pre election
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