The Biden administration recently announced it would be sending free Covid testing kits to every household in America, in an effort to provide better access to testing. However, the freebie only includes four rapid tests, which leaves some households short-changed.
The official website, CDCtests.gov, says: "To promote broad access, the initial program will only allow 4 free individual tests per residential address"
People immediately took to Twitter to mock the number of tests being sent out. Users created memes of prominent 4+ person households from TV and film who would not receive enough tests.
They would only get 4 free tests.pic.twitter.com/1WuQP5gE0A— Jersey Shore (@Jersey Shore) 1642710118
They would only get four free testspic.twitter.com/4N1G3R1o65— Soup (@Soup) 1642640850
The line, "they would only get free four tests" started trending on Thursday in reference to the CDC's decision.
They would only get four free testspic.twitter.com/c0NCabXuT2— Carlos Greaves (@Carlos Greaves) 1642615076
They would only get four free testspic.twitter.com/uVOU26L6gd— \u2728 yearning \u2728 with cindy (@\u2728 yearning \u2728 with cindy) 1642704628
they would only get 4 free covid testspic.twitter.com/eaapdiZ8tQ— Brian (@Brian) 1642633199
They would get only four free testspic.twitter.com/qnHe8cM1VK— Rakesh Satyal (@Rakesh Satyal) 1642655330
For households of four or more, there are options to get tested for free depending on your insurance provider and location. Private insurance providers are required to reimburse people up to $12 per single test. Some communities have set up free testing sites, a list can be found here.