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https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/01/Rapid-Tests-States.jpg25021668The omicron variant upended a system in which states shared rapid covid tests with those that needed them more. Cooperation has turned into competition as states run out of supplies, limit which organizations get them, or hold on to expired kits as a last resort.