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b'By the end of last year, if you needed a coronavirus test, you could get one. But when vaccines arrived, focus shifted.\\n\\nMany of the vaccinated felt like they didn\\u2019t need tests and demand took a nosedive. Testing sites were closed or converted into vaccination sites. And Abbott Laboratories, a major test manufacturer, wound up destroying millions.\\n\\nHowever, with the surge of the new Omicron variant, which is less susceptible to vaccines, demand for testing is back \\u2014 and it is outstripping supply.\\n\\nGuest: Sheryl Gay Stolberg, a Washington correspondent, covering health policy for The New York Times.'