The Biden administration will require new testing on some “forever chemicals,” but advocates are disappointed in what they characterized as insufficient requirements.
On December 28, 2021, the EPA issued a bulletin that directed PFAS manufacturers to provide several types of new data with respect to several types of PFAS, which will be utilized to assess further regulations needed to protect human health and the environment.
biden fumbled the ball on testing. you know, testing has always been an issue that has been problematic. it has been compounded by the situation of the high demand. we had a conflation of high demand, high demands plus the concern about omicron which is a justifiable concern. but the high demand that was triggered by the holiday season. not making any excuses for it. we should ve had more tests available but hopefully now as we get into the first couple of weeks in january that will get much better. and dr. marty makary is ripping at the biden is handling of the situation. it is disappointing that we are just sharing the sort of political hot air because there are a lot of important things right now about the white house could be talking about that they are not talking about. for one, they need to announce a selective testing strategy. they cannot recommend universal testing with a limited supply that we are christian, currently rationing. is a big news from the cdc
he said solutions are going to be found at the state level. i m no medical expert. that is surprising to me. it is disappointing we are just hearing this sort of political hot air. there is a lot of important things right now the white house could be talking about that they aren t talking about. for one they need to announce a selective testing strategy. they can t recommend universal testing with the limited supply we re currently rationing and how to prioritize limited tests. they need to be talking about therapeutics. specifically say the word, there is a lack of awareness about it and the two other drugs by merck and pfizer cut covid deaths to zero. powerful tools we re not hearing about. the president touted the new policies kicking into effect is that insurance companies will reimburse american patients for the cost of their covid tests. you and i spoke a few minutes ago how the tests are understanding up to $250 a pop
probably too long, especially for vaccinated, boosted people. what we care about is how long are people contagious? date why suggests people are contagious for about five, six days, at the onset of system. we should shorten it to five days and requiring a rapid antigen test and if that s negative, and then we can shorten it. president biden addressed it. so in your mind, what do you think needs to be done to make testing less of a headache in this country right now? i mean, first of all, we should not be here. i mean, this is ridiculous that this far into this pandemic we still can t quite get our testing strategy right. you know, sure, it s better than last year, better than a year ago but not anywhere near where it needs to be. we need to improve both access