'Test to treat': Biden launch­es new Covid pill ini­tia­tive amid out­stand­ing ques­tions on ac­cess

First un­veiled at the State of the Union, the Biden ad­min­is­tra­tion on Tues­day of­fi­cial­ly launched its “Test to Treat” ini­tia­tive that aims to make more free Covid-19 pills from Pfiz­er and Mer­ck read­i­ly avail­able across the coun­try.

Par­tic­i­pat­ing phar­ma­cy chains (al­though Biden stopped short of al­low­ing phar­ma­cists to pre­scribe the pills) can test some­one (or peo­ple can test else­where), and if pos­i­tive for Covid-19, the site can si­mul­ta­ne­ous­ly pro­vide one of the two an­tivi­rals in the same vis­it.

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