appointments are tough to get, and over the counter rapid tests are selling out online and at pharmacies. dr. brooke watts works with metro health in ohio. there isn t a rapid test to be found and the pcr tests that are offered at testing sites, the wait period is approximately seven days. reporter: dr. michael mina has been sounding the alarm on testing trouble since early in the pandemic gli. i think our testing failure is the greatest failure of this pandemic. reporter: in recent months, the biden administration has pledged to spend close to $3 billion to ramp up testing. they also used the defense production act several times to make millions more tests available. last week, the white house coronavirus response coordinator said they had enough supply. there is plenty of free testing across the country. reporter: days later, covid is surging and the testing supply hasn t kept up. we really need to flood the system with testing. we need to have tests available for anyon