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Unclear. by the way, we still have a testing shortage for those who need it quickly. joining me now is andy slavit. i was talking to a former public health official for a fairly large state earlier today who is of the mind -- basically wondering what more can be done. what's realistic given our environment, our political divide, given the public's exhaustion. and i'm curious before i get into some specifics about whether it's time to deal with this as an endemic, is there something we haven't tried that you think we should? >> well, a lot does rest on today's court case, because i think this i...

Ago so that's why we didn't manufacture enough feels like being shocked we're in the middle of a pandemic. you know, some things are going to be lost leaders. too many tests all the time ought to be lost leaders. why don't we have that mind set? >> well, look, back in september president biden put $3 billion into scaling more test production. we didn't have any at-home tests when the president came into office. we have two today. these things, i think, scale up. we probably would have had a problem over the christmas holidays anyway given the demand, but there's a couple things going on. one, ...

Fully exacted. nearly 130 million americans have completed their vaccine regime since the rollout in december. according to the data from the cdc nearly 5 million adolescents have received one dose since the fda gave the pfizer vaccine emergency use authorization. andy slavit had this to say this yesterday's briefing. >> today, the u.s. will hit 50% of adult americans that are fully vaccinated. this is a major milestone in our country's vaccination efforts. the number of was 1% when we entered office january 20th. across the country, 25 states in the district of columbia have fully vaccinated ...

>> you know, i think if there is absolutely the proof of vaccination that's given at these events as in everybody attending is definitely vaccinated or had a negative covid test, i would certainly feel better about bringing my kids there. but without that proof of vaccination, the rates of community spread is just too high in many parts of the country, and i wouldn't bring my unvaccinated children to mass events like that. >> yeah. so dr. cyrus, the white house is teaming up with prominent dating apps to offer incentives to customers who are vaccinated. take a listen to dr. andy slavit. >> we ...

Fact check: CDC's new guidance for fully vaccinated people is not 'out of the blue' Devon Link, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT The claim: The CDC lifting its COVID-19 guidelines 'out of the blue ... proves they lied to you the whole time' © Provided by USA TODAY The updated CDC rules still call for everyone to wear masks in crowded indoor settings such as buses, planes and hospitals. On May 13, theU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced massive relaxations in COVID-19 guidelines for vaccinated individuals. Fully vaccinated people can now stop social dis...