"[T]he 500 million tests the administration is distributing are not nearly enough, many experts say, especially for families who have children in school and parents back at work. “It’s good, but it’s really just a drop in the bucket,” said Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists. "Considering that we need to test millions and millions of people regularly, 500 million tests is about one and a half per person. It’s really negligible.”"
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Eric Feigl-Ding as quoted by Phil McCausland, “Cost of masks and tests deepens a pandemic wedge between the haves and the have-nots”, NBC News, (Jan. 17, 2022, 2:31 AM MST / Updated Jan. 17, 2022)
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