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People, as you note. and the different levels of protection, different masks provide. but we do now know how you can get your hands on some of those free at-home tests promised by the biden administration. a website covid tests.gov launches next wednesday, but i wouldn t rely on this site for all of your testing needs. it will be limited to four tests per household and once you place your order, we re told it will take 7 to 12 days for those tests to ship. jake? nick watt, thanks so much. joining us to discuss, michael osterholm. thanks for joining us. so you ve developed a bit of a reputation for being the voice of doom and gloom. not that i should note not that your dire predictions have been proven wrong throughout this pandemic. let me ask you. are you seeing any signs of hope at this stage of the pandemic? ....
Questions from lawmakers. i m hearing more and more questions like what kind of tests should i get, when should i get tested, do i need to isolate ten days, five days or even at all? the communication efforts are a mess and have only made things worse. now, i admit it, i m at the end of my rope. i think you ll see today most of my colleagues are as well. the fact is it appears the administration simply failed to anticipate our testing needs. a lot more coming up. this as president biden is on his way to atlanta this hour to make his most forceful push yet for new voting rights legislation and to fully commit for the first time to changing the filibuster rule to get it done. this is one of those defining moments. it really is. people are going to be judged where were they before and where were they after the vote? ....
Immense pressure ever since the trump administration to leverage its bulk purchasing powers, and finally, they re doing that. take a listen. so these tests will help us with omicron. but they will also help us in the period of time beyond omicron. we re going to need to have testing capacity for the long run and this program will help people meet their testing needs, meet community testing needs for the long-term. so he told me that the masks will begin to ship out to the pharmacies and community centers, the same places where you got your shots, where you get your testing. at the end of this week and hopefully access will be available sometime next week. i asked them if there were priorities groups of people who should get the masks. he said no. we think the supply is substantial enough that anybody who wants one can get one. it is still an open question. how many masks per person? all the things still kind of out there as questions and how often ....