AFT President Randi Weingarten is very mad at NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio over Covid testing failures in the city, but the @deblasio account is not that of the mayor:
Where was the @deblasio administration in the last few days… the testing system totally fell apart!! Where are the rapid tests? Glad @JoeBiden is getting millions out to communities all over the country… https://t.co/DtTVvlWyyJ
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) December 22, 2021
Here’s who she tagged:
And she’s wrong about the Biden admin. distributed tests which are, at the moment, is still in the planning stage:
One, this is funny because she tagged the wrong de Blasio.
Two, there are not millions of tests being distributed by the Biden admin. https://t.co/Vk2UQhAExZ— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) December 23, 2021
But she is right that the actual de Blasio is a failure:
This is terrible.
CityMD to temporarily close 13 locations in NYC https://t.co/bTJvNL3PRo
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) December 22, 2021
And why is Weingarten cheering on President Biden? This is as much his fault as the mayor’s:
“Citing staffing issues amid a surge in demand, CityMD will temporarily close 13 locations in the city, the company announced Tuesday evening.”
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) December 22, 2021
And, although this is long overdue, the city is starting to distribute at-home tests:
TOMORROW, FRIDAY DECEMBER 24: free Binax at-home #COVID19 tests will be handed out starting at 9AM. There will be 2,000 kits at each site:
BRONX: Bryan Park, Corner of E Fordham Rd and E Kingsbridge Rd, 10458
BROOKLYN: Flatbush, Corner of Church Ave and Flatbush Ave, 11226
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) December 23, 2021
But, as you might imagine, demand is high:
The line right now for the rapid tests in Corona. Hey @NYCMayor I think they’re going to need more kits pic.twitter.com/xe92TdOMDU
— katie honan (@katie_honan) December 23, 2021
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