{"id":1138878,"date":"2021-12-21T17:49:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1138878"},"modified":"2021-12-21T17:49:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T22:49:42","slug":"white-house-plans-to-send-500-million-coronavirus-tests-to-americans-two-weeks-after-mocking-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-plans-to-send-500-million-coronavirus-tests-to-americans-two-weeks-after-mocking-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Plans to Send 500 Million Coronavirus Tests to Americans Two Weeks After Mocking Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-plans-to-send-500-million-coronavirus-tests-to-americans-two-weeks-after-mocking-idea%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1138878&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden will announce a plan Tuesday to send out 500 million coronavirus tests to Americans who want them, in his latest attempt to slow the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is a sudden turnaround from just two weeks earlier, when White House press secretary Jen Psaki mocked the idea in a press briefing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShould we just send one to every American?\u201d she asked a reporter sarcastically who asked if the Biden administration would consider sending out free tests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen what \u2014 then what happens if you \u2014 if every American has one test?\u201d she continued mockingly. \u201cHow much does that cost, and then what happens after that?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.2278481012658\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jen Psaki somewhat mockingly asks reporter at the White House Daily Press Briefing if the US should be sending out rapid <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> tests to every household.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK you can order 1 pack (containing 7 tests) everyday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ErnSsiLxxl\">https:\/\/t.co\/ErnSsiLxxl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L7ruKWdy5n\">pic.twitter.com\/L7ruKWdy5n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Karolian (@mkarolian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkarolian\/status\/1467959999645298697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Several countries offer free tests, including in the United Kingdom where residents can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests\">order<\/a> one pack of seven tests per day. But high demand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-12-13\/u-k-runs-out-of-home-covid-19-tests-online-as-omicron-spreads\">soon<\/a> led to a shortage of tests, making them hard to get.<\/p>\n<p>The president will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/12\/21\/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-protect-americans-and-help-communities-and-hospitals-battle-omicron\/\">announce<\/a> the government will purchase and distribute 500 million free coronavirus tests to send Americans who request them.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden Administration will set up a website where Americans can request free tests.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19209618\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237291550.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19209618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237291550-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Volunteers from GreenRoots and Chelsea Community Connections explain how to use a rapid at-home Covid-19 test in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on December 17, 2021. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Video footage and photos shared online show that many Americans in highly populated areas are struggling to get access to testing.<\/p>\n<p>The tests are expected to be ready to deliver next month, but not soon enough to alleviate long lines of people waiting to get tests before holiday travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden will announce a plan Tuesday to send out 500 million coronavirus tests to Americans who want them, in his latest attempt to slow the spread of the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1138878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1138878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1138878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1138878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1138878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}