Is The Biden Administration Doing Enough To Boost COVID-19 Testing?

The Biden administration is promising to finally solve the nation’s chronic shortage of COVID-19 tests. But is the new administration doing enough, especially with the more contagious coronavirus variants now looming?

Many public health experts are encouraged by the new administration’s commitment to the importance of testing. But some are concerned officials are moving too slowly.

“Testing is actually more important now then it was eight months ago because of the high contagiousness rate of these new variants,” says Mara Aspinall, a professor of health practice at Arizona State University. “It is critical to stop these new strains right in their tracks. And the only way to do that is to test.”