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Testing. in retrospect was that a mistake? >> well, i think that perhaps there could have been testing supplies sooner but i think this move to provide a half billion tests to the american people is vital. testing is a problem. my own parents who are about to engage in travel had to travel an hour and a half yesterday to get tested. and so these at home tests will help. especially as a lot of my constituents are concerned about keeping the schools open and getting the little ones tested to make sure they can go back to school safely. >> right. look, this is a country of what, 340 million peopl...

We really need to have more testing supplies, no question of it. >> and just to follow up on that, i've been talking with friends today. i think people do get confused. they say, well, i've just had a headache. should i get a test? would you advise someone who has one symptom, maybe they just have a tickle in their throat, should they be getting tested? >> that's a real good question. i get that question every day. people call me up and say, dr. harmon, i've got a sinus infection or a headache, would you see me or do you think i should take some medicine. i ask them, if you have any risk of ex...

Welcome back to "state of the union." i'm jake tapper. as the omicron variant pushes cases to record highs across the country parents and students are facing what we put behind us, virtual learning as thousands of students and teachers call out which can with covid. in new york city the mayor is resisting pressure to pause in-person learning. how is he making that work? mr. mayor, congratulations on taking the oath of office. it's good to see you. you've seen the images the last few weeks, lines of new yorkers wrapped around the block trying to get covid tests. the biden administration tried t...

Collaborated with fema to increase surge testing just over the holidays. we've increased testing, federal testing sites for pcrs doing thousands of tests over the holiday and in collaboration with pharmacies. in that stead we're able to map where the pharmacies are and special vulnerable and we can put the tests there. and then we actually put tests in our community centers as well. so a broad stretch in order to be able to get access to testing especially among those most vulnerable and of course $10 billion for testing supplies to our schools and working closely with our schools in peer-to-p...

Asper as well. this is a program that has collaborated with fema to increase surge testing. just over the holidays, we've increased federal testing sites for pcrs, 12,000 testing sites doing thousands of tests over the holidays. we also work with pharmacies. in that stead, we are able to map where the pharmacies are and their social vulnerability index and we can put pcr tests in areas of high social vulnerability index through all of our pharmacy partners. then we put tests in our community centers as well. really a broad stretch to get access to testing, especially among those most vulnerabl...