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Down lines because of the lack of purchases for at home tests? >> one of the things we did in the fall was the $3 billion investment that we made was to turn lines on and commit to those lines for 13 months so they wouldn't be turned off again. >> dr. woodcock, last question. of the 15 tests that you've currently approved for over the counter, how many detect omicron? >> we're still working on that, but we believe all of them detect omicron. we believe they are somewhat less sensitive than the previous variants. >> of the 50 million test that is the asper has contracted for, how many of those ...

>> this is the first time the administration has committed to purchasing tests to send to the american households. >> is that asper or d.o.d.? because of all the notifications of contracts signed, i've seen them from d.o.d. i haven't seen them from hhs. >> we have a relationship with d.o.d. for assisted acquisitions. so asper will request that d.o.d. put out a solicitation or manage a contract on our behalf. they're able to do it extraordinarily quickly. we've had an m.o.u. in place with d.o.d. for this work that will run through june 2023. we've used this relationship to purchase vaccines and...