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Guarding public health, right. when youre watching whats happening now with these extremely long testing lines, and of course president biden admitting he wishes he would have sent these tests several months before, were in year three, coming into year three of the pandemic, did the biden administration drop the ball on this at least when it comes to testing? >> well, you know, they were focusing on vaccines. we clearly put billions of dollars into testing supplies and capacity, and yes, we need...

Other people or highly vulnerable people, and also layer these measures, not just use one and put all your eggs in one basket, like vaccines. use those masks in combination with tests and your vaccine and youll be a lot safer. >> speaking of tests, as you know the variant has spread which means the need for testing as certainly skyrocketed. the white house plans to distribute half a million tests free of charge to americans. but the need for the test is immediate. should the administration have ...

Nowadays, still doesnt necessarily mean getting them in a bed. they sit in the er. most folks are sitting there up to 12 or 24 hours. weve been at this for six weeks. people holding for hours and days on end, people delaying their definitive care they need in the hospital, and the hospital -- sorry, er nurses acting as in-patient nurses while still trying to manage the flow of er patients. its a real challenge. >> from what youre seeing, do hospitals have what they need to get through this? were...

>> but is it, dr. jha, testing should be easy peasey but its not. do we need operation warp speed for at home testing? that is what is going to keep us safe? >> yeah, first of all, thanks for having me back. it is what will keep us safe. administration have done things well. i dont think the strategy on testing until recently has been as aggressive and focused as it needs to be. we should have been building our testing supplies through the spring and summer, certainly by the fall with delta it w...

Or medicaid funding. >> this is not about freedom, or personal choice. its about protecting yourself and those around you. the people you work with. the people you care about. the people you love. >> reporter: the daily covid averages are startling. more than 140,000 new cases and more than 1,000 deaths a day hav have alarmed white house officials, especially after the president declared independence from the virus this summer. >> weve gained the upper hand against this virus. >> reporter: the a...

A real worry. speak to your right and larry was a part of the clinton and obama administrations official so its interesting that biden is not listening to him. listen, were just coming out of a major crisis where we had one in three working-class americans take a pay cut, not to mention the u.s. census bureau set about 83% of households had a very difficult time paying and affording our basic necessities. now we are saying that not only are they going to get taxed more, they are going to bring l...

All states also now bracing for a dramatic drop in their supply of the johnson & johnson one-shot vaccine next week. and across the country, the numbers. 113,743,000 have received at least one dose. thats 44% of all adults now. abcs whit johnson in new york. >> reporter: tonight, with new covid cases topping 75,000 two days in a row, the federal government promising to surge resources to growing hot spots. states like michigan, where hospital admissions have jumped more than 30% over the past we...

The 2020 Boner Awards From superspreader events to screw-ups by Bill Lee, Marsha Blackburn and beyond, here’s our annual list of bloopers and blunders Tweet We at the Scene didn’t name our annual Boner Awards what we did simply so we could make cheeky puns. That’s just a bonus. Other former mayors get parkways or Metro office buildings named for them. Bill Boner, mayor from 1987 to 1991, gets this issue — now in its 31st year — as an annual hono...

Angeles county ordering a stay at home order, banning indoor and outdoor gatherings with anyone outside the household. new jersey also tightening restrictions. public health experts warning thanksgiving holiday may only have made it worse. over 1.1 million travelers screened at tsa sunday, the busiest day for air travel since the pandemic started. americans traveling against the advice of the cdc now told to assume they have the virus. but that increased demand for testing pushing the system to ...