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Standard. >> reporter: so let's go to the other side of the argument. there are certainly a lot of parents that say this is a parents' choice. we just heard from the broward teachers union speak at the broward county extol board meeting saying they don't want a mandate because they abelieve the adults are already wearing those masks. but really we're not seeing any school districts moving on any sort of requirement to have students wear mask when they return. when i checked in with the governor's office, they said that the governor has made it clear and he will stand by the schools will be ope...

Did not, so we no longer trust them and believe they give us full sense of security and increase the spread of security and increase the spread of covid. ——. sense of security. if you don't have symptoms and get a positive lateral flow, the government is finalising plans to suggest he won't need a pcr test to confirm it. if you have a positive lateral flow, confirm it. if you have a positive lateralflow, they confirm it. if you have a positive lateral flow, they think you'll probably have a positive pcr and you still need to isolate. if you have symptoms you still need to get a pcr test an...

Tests. right before christmas, at the beginning of the huge omicron surge of covid, the administration announced plans to buy a half billion, 500 million, home testing kits, at home rapid test kits, kits that could be covered to homes for free. that came as americans were waiting for hours in line. waiting in the cold for hours in line trying to get any tests they could find that would tell them whether or not they had the virus. well, the biden administration finalized the first contracts for those at-home tests about a week ago but it wasn't for 500 million tests. they doubled the order. pla...

They can take home with them. >> the mayor also saying, kate, that the city will be opening 23 new test sites but the critics of the mayor say not enough sites, not enough test kits, not enough staff and that the city needs to do more. in erms of it times square right here where we are, lots of questions about what will be happening for now. the ball drop is still a go. the mayor says that he will make a final decision on that before christmas. kate? >> jason, thank you for that. joining me right now is a chief science overs at e-med health care company that provides at-home covid testing and ...

The hands of americans quickly is quite the ask. gabe, what's the plan to get this done? >> reporter: well, kasie, there are a lot of moving pieces to get this done. this is one of 43 usps facilities that will be spwrs where they will be working on this program, bringing in temporary workers who will put the test kits together and get them shipped out. as you mentioned this morning, usps, the postal service, they're already dealing with staffing issues, serious issues, because of this surge. and now they are facing growing pressure as well as the biden administration, to deliver. this morning,...