Opinion: The Supreme Court is partly to blame for the Covid-19 test kit shortage

Many pharmacies across the nation are sold out of Covid-19 rapid diagnostic tests, making it exceedingly difficult for Americans to contain the spread of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. Similar shortages and backlogs hampered efforts to control earlier surges , too.
The lack of diagnostic tests has been blamed on everything from slow FDA approval of rapid tests to manufacturers deliberately restricting supplies to keep prices high. But there’s another culprit — the U.S. Supreme Court. Read the rest…