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Vice president and the vice president on preparation. >> of the health care system prepare for what is coming? >> we are prepared for it. and no question. >> one of the problems is that will not be totally available to everyone until we get to january and there are still some issues now of people having trouble getting tested. we are addressing the testing problem very soon that will be corrected. >> mike: john, how do you assess it? >> lets trust the governors here lets trust the states to make...

Walmart, three-month deal to sell those test kilts at $14 each, has lapsed. they are now raising the prices by as much as $10 a kit. david. >> just when so many families need these test kits. matt gutman, our thanks to you. i know theres been a lot of confusion on the cdc guidance. the cdc shortening the isolation period from ten days to five, but at first not suggesting a test to make sure before you leave isolation. so, i want to bring in dr. ashish jha, the dean of brown university school of ...

On his way out of the white house into the delaware shore, the president denied the report. >> the administration to reject a surge in october. does the buck stop there? >> we didnt rejected. >> mike: the administration will order 500 million test for americans to request free online peer of the website is not up yet and the test will go out next month well after the holidays. >> we are addressing the testing problem and very soon that will be corrected. >> speaking to governors today at the loc...

A time when more children are being admitted to the hospital, a 66% increase in just one week. all of this combined with the muddled efforts to increase testing both in facilities and at home creating a significant problem for the biden administration into 2022. joining me is mike to talk more about this. mike, the president has a lot on his plate in the coming year. but we have to start with, of course, the surge of omicron. two major things here hes dealing with. high case loads across the cou...

The biden administration says thats why the c.d.c. cut down the quarantine time to help get people back on the job. >> thats one of the reasons why the c.d.c. has made this now a movement towards getting people back who are without symptoms after five days rather than ten days. so thats the exact reason for doing that. if you are without symptoms and you are capable of working, you want to safely get people back to work. >> the testing problem could be an even bigger problem if the biden adminis...

Anymore,s if your job. because he went on to outline the things that he was trying to do to catch up to the testing problem and acknowledging as weve just been talking about that we need to do better. but i think somewhat more has been made of that little sort of polite beginning of the conversation than is warranted. >> i do think that it will be worth watching because governor hutchinson also told the president that there was a concern that his plan by the federal government to distribute half...

In wilmington, delaware, following the president, to talk more about this. the president has a lot on his plate in the coming year, but we got to start with, of course, the surge of omicron. two major things here hes dealing with, high case loads across the country and you have a major testing problem. what are they planning to do to deal with this? >> yeah, yasmin, i think if you were to ask most top biden administration officials if there was a list of things from 2021 that they wish they coul...

>> well, there is legislation moving through our general assembly that in fact says, absolutely. schools must be open five days a week. that in fact, virtual learning is a tool of last resort. right now, we need to get our kids back in school. i also think theres a tremendous opportunity for us to revise the protocols that we are using when a child is exposed but showing no symptoms in school. an incredibly important tool for us. the challenge we have is we dont have enough testing kits. here we...

>> well, there is legislation moving through our general assembly that in fact says, absolutely. schools must be open five days a week. that in fact, virtual learning is a tool of last resort. right now, we need to get our kids back in school. i also think theres a tremendous opportunity for us to revise the protocols that we are using when a child is exposed but showing no symptoms in school. an incredibly important tool for us. the challenge we have is we dont have enough testing kits. here we...