Speaking during a hearing in front of the Senate Health Committee Tuesday morning, Health and Human Services Preparedness and Response Assistant Secretary Dawn O’Connell revealed the Biden Administration has not signed new contracts with Wuhan coronavirus testing manufacturers and producers. Instead, they’re working with warehouses already storing millions of tests that need to be distributed.
“Why should we have any confidence in these contracts if in fact we are dealing with companies that don’t manufacture anything and can you assure me that the tests are coming in, are not coming from China?” Ranking Member Richard Burr asked.
“These tests, what we initially did to be able access tests for the initial shipments that will go [out] towards the end of January, we worked with warehouses to see where additional tests were stored and assessed that additional capacity and are bringing that capacity to bear for these initial tests that are going out which is why you’re seeing contacts with warehouses and not with test manufacturers,” O’Connell said.
“So is what you’re telling me is that they’ve got 50 million tests in warehouses in the United States and all we did was access the inventory?” Ranking Member Richard Burr asked.
“That is my understanding,” O’Connell said.
O’Connell did not answer the question about whether new tests would be manufactured and imported from China.
millions of tests sitting in a warehouse…while people are sick and want to get tested or have to get tested because of travel or their jobs….you cant find any tests and its taking days now at times to get tested at the doctor or drug stores. so Whats the point of having them i a warehouse? It makes me wonder why and what are they up to?
The Supreme Court needs to ban the COVID test also. It’s all a scam. Don’t need a test to tell you if you feel sick. What did people do before this pandemic.
OH, they are reserved for the Illegals Biden let in !!!!!
Afghans & those from Mexican Border !!!!!!
Americans COME LAST !!!!! Illegals are FIRST !!!!
You can bet these test kits are coming here from China!
How about let’s just stop importing all crap from China period
Screw the tests……………give us the treatments for Covid.