tests. right before christmas, at the beginning of the huge omicron surge of covid, the administration announced plans to buy a half billion, 500 million, home testing kits, at home rapid test kits, kits that could be covered to homes for free. that came as americans were waiting for hours in line. waiting in the cold for hours in line trying to get any tests they could find that would tell them whether or not they had the virus. well, the biden administration finalized the first contracts for those at-home tests about a week ago but it wasn t for 500 million tests. they doubled the order. placed the order for a billion tests instead. they said they would put up a website where everybody could order them. you could have those sent to you at home for free. it was set to launch tomorrow. there s been a change in those plans. surprise. they went early. the government website where you
sites. they are more effective than other unregulated masks. the cdc made that guidance about improved masks, made that official within last few days. this seems like the logical next step once the government has proclaimed there are masks that are better than others. making high quality masks available through the sites i described, community sites and pharmacies. that mask distribution is coming tomorrow. right before christmas, at the beginning of the omicron surge of covid, the administration announced plans to buy a half billion 500 million home testing kits. at-home rapid test kidkits. that came as americans were waiting for hours in line. waiting in the cold for hours in line trying to get any tests
about masks. to protect against covid-19. the administration reportedly plans to distribute hundreds of thousands of free and 95 masks. from the government strategic national stockpile. these masks will reportedly be distributed through pharmacies and through community center. n95 masks are obviously much more effective than other kinds of unregulated masks. homemade masks. the cdc made that guidance about improved masks. made that official, within the last few days. sort of seems like the logical next step, once the government has proclaimed that there are masks that are better than others. making high quality masks available, again through those sites that i just described. community sites and pharmacies. again, politico.com, reporting that mask distribution is coming tomorrow. big crash development today on covid tests. right before christmas, at the beginning of the huge omicron surge of covid. the administration announced