Biden's new COVID mitigation 'a drop in the bucket': Admiral Giroir
Fox News
President Biden's current mitigation actions and strategy is simply a proverbial “drop in the bucket”, former Assistant Health & Human Services Secretary Adm. Brett Giroir told Fox News on Tuesday.
At-home tests such as those from Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories are facing shortages and reports of price spikes in New York State and elsewhere as holiday travelers are required to test before non-domestic trips, while other Americans are seeking verification before gathering with family.
Giroir said the most important prevention is to be vaccinated, even with increases in breakthrough cases.
He said Biden failed to offer a true strategy for the planned 500 million new tests, such as how to triage them to the neediest populations, adding that the White House still refuses to speak at length about proven therapeutics such as monoclonal antibody treatments or a new pill from New Jersey-based Merck.