He said the feds should be pumping money into the companies developing and manufacturing cheap, over-the-counter tests, and accelerating the regulatory-approval process. Simply sitting back and letting the market do its work, Mina and his allies argue, is wasting time and costing lives. The Trump administration insists that further government intervention in the testing market is neither necessary nor appropriate. But President-elect Joe Biden has a plan that includes pushing harder for rapid testing

He said the feds should be pumping money into the companies developing and manufacturing cheap, over-the-counter tests, and accelerating the regulatory-approval process. Simply sitting back and letting the market do its work, Mina and his allies argue, is wasting time and costing lives. The Trump administration insists that further government intervention in the testing market is neither necessary nor appropriate. But President-elect Joe Biden has a plan that includes pushing harder for rapid testing