Eric Levitz, New York Magazine December 29, 2021
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
On Monday, Joe Biden held a call with the National Governors Association to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. The president told the assembled state executives, “If you need something, say something, and we — we’re going to have your back in any way we can.” He proceeded to cite various measures that the federal government was taking to combat the Omicron variant, including opening pop-up testing sites in high-demand areas; mobilizing 1,000 military doctors and nurses and medics; deploying hundreds of ambulances and EMS crews to transport patients; invoking the Defense Production Act to increase test-kit output; and providing 500 million rapid at-home tests to Americans, at their request, free of charge.
Eric Levitz, New York Magazine December 29, 2021 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)On Monday, Joe Biden held a call with the National Governors Association to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. The president told the assembled state executives, “If you need something, say something, and we — we’re going to have your back in any way we can.” He proceeded to cite various measures that the federal government was taking to combat the Omicron variant, including opening pop-up testing sites in high-demand areas; mobilizing 1,000 military doctors and nurses and medics; deploying hundreds of ambulances and EMS crews to transport patients; invoking the Defense Production Act to increase test-kit output; and providing 500 million rapid at-home tests to Americans, at their request, free of charge.Read Full Article »