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Exactly how the white house is going to finalize the delivery mechanism for those tests including that website that they have promised to get up where americans were request to get the at-home tests sent to them for free. so we're still waiting for a lot of details. frankly, this speaks to the gap of time that exists now, continuing to exist, between the testing shortages over the holiday season. and when americans can finally expect to get the rapid at-home coronavirus tests. and you mentioned that fda news that the tests may not be as sensitive to omicron. but still they don't see that chang...

With testing shortages nationwide. >> the pcr test after infection can be positive for up to 12 weeks. that is not going to be helpful. >> why not test people at that time? i myself feel that's a reasonable thing to do. >> trace: the confusing guidance is causing some to question whether public health officials are making decisions based on science or merely prevailing opinion which is troublesome especially when you consider vaccines for americans as young as 12 could soon be widely available. the administration continues to insist that shutting down schools or returning exclusively to remote...

We've got a fentanyl poisoning ep idemic. there should be some really significant issues that we should be able to come around and coal ase around and get it done and we need the president, and we need the administration to lead the way. they're in charge. the buck stops there. there is no doubt about and we're not doing good enough. >> so you mentioned both the pandemic and the president, and of course, president biden ran on the idea that he could come in, govern in a competent manner and fight back against the pandemic. and so many americans have been so confused about the guidance coming o...

Develop that will contain covid and other strains of covid. >> so certainly, there has been just a sense of frustration that's been building up, as this pandemic really enters its third year, but wolf, plenty of blame to go around. the cdc is not in charge of testing. that is the administration and the testing shortages and issues that is a challenge that they're working on back at the white house, not at the cdc. >> and jeff, another top priority, of course, for the biden administration is the u.s. economy. but today's monthly jobs report was largely disappointing, right? >> wolf, it certainl...

Point this month, but president biden has also acknowledged some of the frustrations with these testing shortages that have been seen across the country. and yesterday he offered this assessment on whether covid is here to stay for the long haul in the united states. >> no, i don't think covid is here to stay. having covid in the environment here and in the world is probably here to stay, but covid as we're dealing with it now is not here to stay. the new normal doesn't have to be -- we have so many more tools we're developing. >> reporter: so of course this is one of those key challenges faci...