https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/29/opinion/covid-funding-ame…
**America Is Running Out of Money to Fight Covid**
**The New York Times, March 29, 2022**
**By Vivek H. Murthy and David A. Kessler**
**Dr. Murthy is the U.S. surgeon general. Dr. Kessler is the chief science officer for the U.S. Covid-19 Response Team.**
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**The federal government is running out of funds to provide Americans, especially those who are uninsured, with Covid-19 vaccines, tests and treatments. Our efforts to sustain other critical elements of the public health response, from Covid-19 surveillance to the global vaccination campaign, are also now at risk.**
**If adequate funding is provided, our country will be in a position of strength, well situated to manage Covid-19 and to adapt our response as future variants emerge. If the funding does not materialize, we will find ourselves in a far weaker position, struggling to keep up with a constantly evolving virus that will continue to threaten our health, our economy and our peace of mind...**
**When it comes to funding, timing matters. Manufacturers cannot turn the production of vaccines, treatments and tests on and off like a switch. Purchases have to be made months in advance if we want supplies to be available when we need them....**
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The rest of the article details what we all know: Covid-19 continues to mutate and will return. Without government funding, the many quickly-developed anti-virus functions, from environmental testing to home tests to vaccination to treatments, will not be available. This will especially target the uninsured and poor.
This has Macroeconomic impact because the work force is directly impacted.
I hope that Congress gets its butt in gear and allocates the needed funds. We may be tired of Covid-19 but it is not tired of infecting us.
Wendy