President Joe Biden announced in December that his administration was caught off guard by the omicron variant and that the government would be sending out free rapid tests.

Fast forward a few weeks. The peak of omicron is likely upon us or passing, yet tests are still hard to come by on store shelves, and the government has yet to ship a single test to a single household. The USPS says that when it does start shipping the tests, other services might take a hit because of staffing shortages.

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