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Mailing tests to people? >> so what they did, the fda continues to authorized tests as they became available. the federal government did not invest. remember that buy now. we bought up 150 million and delivered them free to the states to any one at risk. what they did was allow the fda to authorize them but they didnt invest. they didnt place orders. thats why all the lines that we stood up with the billions of dollars got shut down because there was no demand. this was complete incompetence and...

Co-director of the center for vaccine development at texas childrens hospital. thanks for joining us. i wanted to get your reaction to something. listen to white house press secretary jen psaki when asked why testing at home kits are not free and available to every american. >> why not just make them free and give them out and have them available everywhere. >> should we just send one to every american? >> maybe. >> then what happens if you -- if every american has one test. how much does that c...

Appreciate that he came out with a multilayered approach. i think that the administration can continue to message around the once of not just vaccination but masking and the importance of testing. i do think that we can consider mailing tests, those of us in public health have been saying that, looking at a more equity centric approach especially in very vulnerable and hard-hit areas. remove any barriers, make it as convenient to test, mask and vaccinate. we can do all three of those things. and...