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Cdc couldn't help people if they should get tested in isolations. they would get tests andblow back to the administration. >> again, the cdc makes these decisions. i expect them to make the guidance. go ahead. >> can you give us an update -- >> martha: we're going to duck out for a moment to bring in dr. paul offett from the children's hospital of philadelphia. thanks for being with us today. i guess my first question to you, just jumping off of what we listened to there at the white house is what is fully vaccinated and should the cdc recommend that a booster is what makes you fully vaccinate...

>> thank you. >> martha: so let's dip in to the press conference. >> we're finalizing things, the contracts. i expect to share details soon. we hope to do that. we're on track to start seeing movement on the awards through the rfp this week. so the first delivery from manufacturers will start later this month. that's our expectation. when we have those deliveries in hand, we will put the website up, make it available so people can order tests at that point in time. >> secondly, do you have anything to share on what the president's message will be on thursday when he goes to the hill for the an...

It goes beyond snacking and snapping. it's a serious learning loss. puts us at a disadvantage for students, emotional and serious mental health ramifications for kids across the country. >> martha, i saw it first hand with my kindergartener, with my second grader, particularly my 6-year-old where they're not built to be learning online. attention spans are short at that age. perhaps they're behind. we're trying to catch up for lack of a better term. and my kids are now going to school. she said i can't remember a time being in school before the pandemic. i couldn't believe it. it was remarkabl...

That money for a minimum of nine months and suddenly we have a testing shortage? one of the questions is, was that money spent for other things. if it was, how do you justify that if you're the administration and the department. >> martha: you know, this administration told the american people that they were going to solve covid. that the prior administration had done a terrible job. in this administration, things were going to be very different. so i think that members of congress and the american people sort of signed on for this tremendous expenditure of u.s. taxpayer dollars to fix what pe...

Four months. >> martha: and people with omicron got the symptoms. >> that's the issue. i think the worst communications error we made with this vaccine is ever using the term break-through to describe a mild illness associated with infection. that's okay. that's what you want. you want to be protected against severe illness. the influenza vaccine does that. protects against moderate to severe disease. the whooping vaccine doesn'tfully protect. it's unrealistic to thing that it will protect against mild illness. >> martha: so the president just called for an order for 20 million anti-viral pill...