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From people to people. thaps what we worry about. this is not asymptomatic transmission as we saw with covid, which it's also not an contagious a as covid. you have to have contact directly with the person with the symptoms. as you can imagine, the rash itself is quite apparent. >> the pandemic preparedness guy, we have a plan for this. what does a plan for a u.s. response look like should this become worse? >> there are a few things we're doing immediately. as soon as we knew there were new cases reported first in the uk a few weeks ago, we already mobilized our colleagues at the departments ...

I should stay home. but the problem again is we don't have enough of them. so we'll see what the cdc says, but as you're listening to the recommendations, keep in mind that at one point we thought we should be doing 20 to 30 million of these tests a day in this country and obviously we're closer to a million or so. we're woefully undertesting here. >> no clear pathway or kind of like guidelines on when there's going to be all of the testing and an influx of testing capability we have been told and promised would be coming down the pike. you know, i wanted to ask you about miguel marquez's piec...

To illinois governor. what is being said? >> reporter: the white house is walking a fine line offering support to illinois officials but showing a bit of deference to the chicago teachers union as they continue to say they are the most pro-union administration in a long, long time. on friday, deputy press secretary told reporters that yes the white house was in touch with illinois governor. that was after the media was told he had came to the white house, asked them for more testing capability. now, she told reporters that the white house had conveyed to light foot privately what they have bee...

>> well, there is legislation moving through our general assembly that in fact says, absolutely. schools must be open five days a week. that in fact, virtual learning is a tool of last resort. right now, we need to get our kids back in school. i also think there's a tremendous opportunity for us to revise the protocols that we are using when a child is exposed but showing no symptoms in school. an incredibly important tool for us. the challenge we have is we don't have enough testing kits. here we are in january dealing with a surge and we don't have enough testing kits. we are doing everythin...

>> well, there is legislation moving through our general assembly that in fact says, absolutely. schools must be open five days a week. that in fact, virtual learning is a tool of last resort. right now, we need to get our kids back in school. i also think there's a tremendous opportunity for us to revise the protocols that we are using when a child is exposed but showing no symptoms in school. an incredibly important tool for us. the challenge we have is we don't have enough testing kits. here we are in january dealing with a surge and we don't have enough testing kits. we are doing everythin...