Free Covid-19 Tests Are Rolling Out in the U.S. Soon, But Where's the Website?
were already sending out free rapid tests. The White House changed course, but it has yet to prove it can deliver basic public health services in an efficient manner, instead often playing catch-up rather than being proactive about the threat of covid-19.
The White House awarded its first contract to test manufacturers on Thursday, according to the Washington Post, and an announcement about how to get the free tests is likely to happen next week. But there’s no word yet on what domain might be used for people to request the free tests. The choice of domain will likely determine just how easy it will be for scammers to mimic the site and steal information from the millions of Americans who will likely scramble to get access.
One of the issues currently holding up deployment of the White House strategy on free tests seems to be making sure there’s enough staff at the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the tests. The USPS is reportedly working on extending the contract on its seasonal workforce, the roughly 40,000 people hired to cover the busy winter holidays season. The Postal Service moved about 13.2 billion pieces of mail and packages between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, according to the Post.
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