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Is so huge that eventually it's going to hit a breaking point. >> that number is so huge and the number of staff calling out sick because they have tested positive continues to go up. gary, you are at a testing site in d.c. the mayor announced an ambitious new plan to allow testing to keep schools open. case right side climbing there. huge issue all around the country. what's the plan where you are? >> reporter: chris, first i want to show you this line, this testing site behind me opened up an hour ago. it is old out here, it is raining out here and yet we're seeing a line like we have across...

>> we're already seeing that in some parts of the country. sam, let's talk testing. you are at a testing site in florida. that state shattering records for new daily case. give us a sense of what it's like on the ground there. >> reporter: what it's like on the ground right now, chris, is everybody has covid. i mean, i'm not trying to be hyperbolic, but that's not a huge exaggeration. we have seen 47,000 cases reported yesterday. you used the word obliteration a second ago. in the united states nearly a half million infections yesterday, easily the highest number since the start of the pandemi...

Advised the biden transition team on covid-19 and hosts a weekly podcast on the impact of coronavirus called epidemic. it is good to have you here. i want to start with the possible tsunami referenced by the w.h.o. chief. there was a "new york times" headline tonight that said, new york struggles to keep running under omicron. everything from huge percentage of emts calling out sick, subway lines shutting down because they don't have people. there was one very real example of a 68-year-old resident i want to read. it says if downtown brooklyn, wanda ortiz who has had a fever, body aches, and a...

The Gaines Park drive-thru location is the same one that had to close several hours early Tuesday as people waited four hours to get tested for the coronavirus.

The Gaines Park drive-thru location is the same one that had to close several hours early Tuesday as people waited four hours to get tested for the coronavirus.