CEO of COVID-19 testing company apologizes for delays, says they're working on backlog

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The CEO of one of the major COVID-19 testing companies said the big delays in results are part of a perfect storm of omicron, their staff being out sick, and staffing shortages.

Lab confirmed testing sites have been hit hard with the huge demand for tests resulting from the omicron variant.

As the quarantine period for her 9-year-old son with COVID-19 ended, Sarah Rouse needed to test her whole family to make sure it was safe to visit family in Indiana. In the meantime, Rouse's husband searched six different pharmacies for at-home COVID tests, with no success."Son was in fact positive, another positive for him, and my husband positive, turned around and came home," Rouse said."Not being able to make the decision with enough time to save us the drive and save us packing and the buildup," she added.

 

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those companies should be nationalized. along with punishing hoarding and price gouging with prison time

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