Virginia’s new governor on Thursday unveiled a COVID-19 action plan that includes discouraging mass and asymptomatic testing for the disease and encouraging vaccination. Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan (pdf) is aimed at relieving pressure on health care systems, keeping state residents healthy, and avoiding shutdowns. On testing for COVID-19, the plan says Youngkin “will discourage mass testing for the purposes of pre-screening, discourage asymptomatic individuals from testing, and urge healthy individuals with mild symptoms to stay home and use discretion on testing.” He’s also directing state health officials to update prioritization for rapid tests, placing students potentially exposed to COVID-19 at the front of the line, followed by health care workers and senior citizens. The plan also outlines how Youngkin plans to step up efforts to convince more Virginians to get COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots while reiterating his opposition to mandating the jabs. The third prong is loosening regulations on …