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Called in bidens plan for free rapid tests, leg work will be required. first, lets start with the cost of the tests here because this is a thing that you report on as well as anyone in america which is why american healthcare in its many different facets cost more than other places and the rapid tests seem to be another example. why is that? >> yeah upon this is pretty emblem theaic of the american aelt care system and it boils down to different reasons and weve not seen either of the administra...

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Havent seen either the administration who have been in charge during the pandemic, not a trump administration, not the biden administration to prioritize rapid testing. they tended to favor pcr testing which is more accurate, but comes with a longer turnaround time which is not exactly what a lot of people are looking for. you just havent seen the fda prioritize these applications from jarred makers who want to get these out. there hasnt been as much funding, or purchasing it. the government has...

Before you traveled. fred, people are wondering what does this mean for domestic travel, right? right now, there are no restrictions for domestic travelers. this is something we have to wait and see. data isnt out yet. >> everyone has to be mindful of the potential. thank you so much. good to see you. appreciate it. joining me, dr. carlos del rio, executive associate dean at emory school of medicine. good to see you. president biden put out this plan, we saw, to fight the spread of covid, includ...

Testing will be stepped up at LAX and area nursing homes

The Quebec government says it will be handing out rapid COVID-19 screening tests to parents with children in daycare.

Proposals to fight not just the omicron variant, if there is a need for that, but also the delta variant still primary in the country. the message was vaccines and boosters and testing. the president starting a national campaign of sorts to try to get people to get their boosters. if you look over the course of adults right now in terms of numbers, over 70% of u.s. individuals over the age of 18 have been fully vaccinated, but only 23% have gotten boosters. that, if anything else, is what admini...

Is that unusual and what do you think moves the needle in this plan? >> so, alisyn, i think the political message you had earlier in the segment about dont panic about government shutdowns is the same message around dont panic about omicron. nothing has really changed. regardless of how you get to it, we have vaccinated an insufficient number of americans. we probably need to be about 85% or 90% of americans that need to get vaccinated, and having this worker mandate would actually do the trick....

Question. fear about a theoretical risk with one case in the united states. were taking the eye off the thing thats actually really infecting us, the delta variant which is about 130,000 cases over the last 24 hours, 1500 deaths and that is a known quantity for us. that one we are knowing how to prepare for it with vaccines. i have said rapid testing. the president is going to come out and say by the way today he wants rapid testing all over. he said that before. i want to see a test in every ho...

Back and forth between our country and southern africa and eur eur european countries and others that have omicron, so we need to ramp up our surveillance. understand there are other tools we have at our disposal, including rapid testing which is available, and thats something i wish the biden administration would focus on, getting that test to every american. >> indias health mission says there are testing that protect against the omicron variant. what testing of effectiveness would give you co...