Boxes of BinaxNow home Covid-19 tests made by Abbott Laboratories on sale in November at a CVS store in Lakewood, Wash. …
michael barbaro
From The New York Times, I’m Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily.
Today: As demand for Covid testing surges and vastly outstrips the supply of available tests, we look at why shortages still remain two years into the pandemic and what President Biden can do about it. I spoke with my colleague Sheryl Gay Stolberg.
[music]
It’s Wednesday, December 22.
So the way this day really begins is with me giving Michael Simon Johnson a better mask than the light blue surgical one he had.
michael barbaro
That is a fine-fitting KN95.
michael simon johnson
Yeah, you can tell this is the real deal.
michael barbaro
OK. OK, so it is around 8:40 a.m., and we are standing outside of a Carecube Covid testing clinic on Court Street and Wyckoff Street in Brooklyn. And the line is quite long. It’s about 40-something people in this line. And you can tell that people know they’re going to be here for a really long time because they are prepared. They have their coffee and their snacks. There’s a woman in the front doing jumping jacks, jumping up and down to stay warm. There’s a mother reading a board book to a not very happy child. This is a really long line. I mean, this is a dishearteningly long line. It’s going to suck.
[music]
Can we talk to you guys? We’re from The New York Times.
kory
Sure.
michael barbaro
Do you have minute? We’re from The New York Times. We just want to talk to people about long lines and Covid testing.
