WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s announcement that all Americans will have access to free, at-home rapid coronavirus tests is a welcome development, but comes too late to have an impact on the wave of omicron cases that is only expected to grow, experts say.
Epidemiologists and public health experts have implored the White House to take this action for months, encouraging the administration to expand the supply of at-home tests for Americans to use on a routine basis.
More recently, experts have warned the administration that the tests will be a vital tool in slowing a wave of cases from the omicron variant, which could soon overwhelm U.S. hospitals.
