Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks the United States needs to improve the way it handles testing for COVID-19.


When asked by Jake Tapper on Sunday about the state of testing, Fauci acknowledged that "we've got to do better."

"I mean, we are doing better," he said, pointing to the development of at-home testing kits as evidence. However, he maintained that the process could be improved further.

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Tapper's query was inspired by a comment from White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who was confronted over why the Biden administration was not adopting the approach of some other countries, in which the government mails COVID-19 test kits to citizens.

Psaki responded with a rhetorical question, jokingly asking reporters if the state should "just send one [test] out to every American." The comment was interpreted by many as downplaying the necessity of providing better testing.

Tapper also asked Fauci about comments made in Vice President Kamala Harris's recent Los Angeles Times interview, in which she claimed the White House did not anticipate the arrival of COVID-19 variants, such as delta or omicron.

Fauci asserted, "We certainly were anticipating that there were going to be variants," although he defended Harris by arguing the vice president was speaking of "the extent of the mutations," claiming that "it kind of came out of nowhere."

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Fauci also said on CNN that Christmas travel would help the omicron variant spread rapidly across the world, asserting that it would "take over."

Despite the prospect of a spreading omicron variant during the holidays, people in the U.S. do not intend on changing their travel plans, according to a Dec. 18 Stat/Harris poll. Most respondents said they plan to attend an in-person holiday event with friends and family despite officials discouraging such conduct.