CNN reporter mocked for gifting himself at-home rapid coronavirus tests for Christmas Country grappling with test shortage as the omicron variant spreads By Brandon Gillespie | Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-report...tests-christmas
CNN politics reporter and editor-at-large Chris Cillizza was mocked by critics Tuesday after revealing he purchased what appeared to be a large quantity of at-home rapid coronavirus tests for himself as a "post-Christmas gift."
"Post-Christmas gift to myself," Cillizza wrote in the tweet, including a photo of a box containing two smaller boxes of multiple BinaxNOW self antigen tests.
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Cillizza's boasting about buying the tests comes amid a massive nationwide shortage of tests as the omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to spread at a rapid rate. According to the CDC, daily average coronavirus cases have ticked up to just over 122,000. -- excerpt, rest at link above --
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