it was a few months ago. it still takes a few days because you have to isolate the virus, you have to amplify it using pcr, then run it through the sequencer, so the system is not quite as quick in the turnaround as it could optly be, but we're working on that as well. we're getting a lot closer to the place where the uk has been far while. they've been amazing in terms of the way they handled this. >> how quickly do you think we'll ramp up to that level? >> oh, i think over the course of the next month. we'll be in a very good place as far as collecting sequence data in the united states. we'll see that because of comb ron and what else might be up here. >> dr. francis collins, thanks for joining us. >> glad to join you, erica. thanks a lot. coming up next, senate majority leader chuck schumer believes there will be a christmas miracle and he will get the president's build back better plan passed through his chamber. senator joe manchin, not so sure. live on capitol hill next.