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Americans to order online, but the system won't be in place until next month. so a conference call with governors, the president offered assistance but said ultimately it would be states' efforts that curb the pandemic. >> there is no federal solution. my message to the governor is simple. if you need something, say something. >> reporter: and john, while the health group that runs this testing site, one of the busiest in south florida, says that at this point supply is not an issue for them. miami-dade county announced overnight that they have distributed 152,000 test kits for at-home rapid t...

Just the people who aren't vaccinated but the people around them that they may be exposing. we need to take those kinds of stepses. so i think that's what the president has been doing, even though it's being very much criticized by some. this is a public health emergency. we know these vaccines are safe and effective. if we have a chance to drive this delta variant away by getting more of our population immunized, then that's what we have to do. i wish we didn't have to use man day-to-days, but if that's what it takes, maybe that's what it takes. >> there is much more of a focus on vaccines, c...

American has one test? how much does that cost and then what happens after that? >> all i know is that other countries seem to be making them available in greater quantities for less money. >> well, i think we share the same objective, which is to make them less expensive and more accessible, right. every country is going to do that differently. >> there's a talk about making them more accessible. i'm a person who's fortunate to have health insurance, i can get tested fairly easily. it's still been difficult in the last couple weeks, different times i've needed a test. why not have more of a f...

Companies pay for the at-home rapid testing. rapid is key to all of this. there are a few caveats with all of that. it's likely not to go into effect until mid-january. of course, the tests have not always been in an abundant supply here in the united states. it's part of this overall effort they're taking steps as they're trying to learn more about the new variant that is now in in t the united states. >> let's bring in the medical director at the baylor college of medicine. it's great to see you again. i want to put up the transmission map. red means you have a high incidence of covid transm...