that the president is a day late and a dollar short. but that really undercuts the severity of the problem. to me, the media's biggest failing maybe of the last two years is in failing to grasp the severity of the testing shortage which is now a full-blown, nationwide crisis in this country, the headline topping every news show this week, fronting every front page should have really been americans wait hours in line to get access to tests. sometimes they're charged hundreds of dollars for those tests, and now we're waiting days in order to get the results. this is the wealthiest nation in the world, the most technologically and medically advanced nation in the world. it's outrageous that at this point we are here. this is not happening many western europe, it's not happening in most participants of asia. even -- parts of asia. even in most parts of the middle east. it's a shortcoming that is very unique to the united states right now, and the media is not covering it as such. howard: that's a great point.