{"id":1142131,"date":"2021-12-22T13:19:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1142131"},"modified":"2021-12-22T13:19:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:19:18","slug":"chaos-13-omicron-testing-clinics-close-in-nyc-nj-defying-bidens-testing-site-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chaos-13-omicron-testing-clinics-close-in-nyc-nj-defying-bidens-testing-site-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos: 13 Omicron Testing Clinics Close in NYC, NJ, Defying Biden&#039;s Testing Site Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fchaos-13-omicron-testing-clinics-close-in-nyc-nj-defying-bidens-testing-site-expansion%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=1142131&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/virus-outbreak-york-people-wait-tested-covid-19-east-of-manhattan-tuesday-dec-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Thirteen urgent care medical clinics closed in New York City and New Jersey on Wednesday, defying President Biden\u2019s promise on Tuesday to expand omicron testing sites throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p>CityMD, an urgent care medical clinic, which participates in testing New Jersey and New York state residents for coronavirus, has closed 13 clinics due to labor shortages fueled by the omicron variant.<\/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>\u201cTo preserve our ability to staff our sites, we are temporarily closing certain locations effective tomorrow, December 22. It is our hope that closing sites now will best allow us to avoid future closures as this surge continues,\u201d the organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citymd.com\/citymd-temporary-closures\">announced<\/a> on their website.<\/p>\n<p>The closures will take place in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Long Island, Manhattan, Queens,&nbsp;Westchester, and New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for your patience, and for your appreciation of our hard-working teams who are coping with the extraordinary demand in the midst of the holiday season,\u201d&nbsp;CityMD continued.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city\u2019s big New Years Eve event will move forward \u201cso long as we can do it safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(15,000 of New York State\u2019s 23,000 COVID cases are in NYC.) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H3KCHsVY48\">pic.twitter.com\/H3KCHsVY48<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1473679760119287818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Tuesday, Biden announced the federal government will construct additional testing sites in New York City due to the omicron chaos.<\/p>\n<p>It is unknown how many testing sites Biden will erect. But with 13 private sites offline for the foreseeable future, the New York City region is already short 13 more sites than existed Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the only responsible thing to do,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/coronavirus\/2021\/12\/biden-to-set-up-federal-testing-sites-in-new-york-pledges-500m-free-virus-tests-to-counter-omicron.html\">said<\/a> upon announcing the additional sites. \u201cOmicron is serious and potentially deadly business for unvaccinated people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Fauci says if someone in your family isn\u2019t vaccinated you shouldn\u2019t let them spend Christmas with you. Shameful that this man is still employed in any capacity by our government. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bWMWmEjvLw\">pic.twitter.com\/bWMWmEjvLw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1473478508970135558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"InContent_Center_JTSXJZEFWZAVHJRPPR4A6VO4DU\">\n<p>\u201cI know you\u2019re tired, and I know you\u2019re frustrated. We all want this to be over. But we\u2019re still in it,\u201d Biden continued. \u201cWe also have more tools than we had before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About 43,000 individuals&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/coronavirus\/2021\/12\/biden-to-set-up-federal-testing-sites-in-new-york-pledges-500m-free-virus-tests-to-counter-omicron.html\">tested<\/a> positive in NYC last week, \u201ccompared with fewer than 35,800 in the entire month of November,\u201d the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<p>Since coronavirus testing become available to the public, \u201cthe city has never had so many people test positive in such a short period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirteen urgent care medical clinics closed in New York City and New Jersey on Wednesday, defying President Biden\u2019s promise on Tuesday to expand omicron testing sites throughout the region. 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