We’ve come a long way, folks. It was only last month that White House press secretary Jen Psaki pooh-poohed the prospect of shipping one rapid Covid test to every person in the country. Now, Washington is set to join the federal government in offering free self-swabs to its constituents, potentially doubling allocations to families across the state and alleviating some of the burden on local PCR testing sites.
During a press briefing yesterday, health officials announced that every Washington household can order one free rapid antigen test kit that contains four or five swabs. The state’s deputy secretary for Covid-19 response, Lacy Fehrenbach, said to look for a web portal “within a few days.” (The
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