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Them tested. >> this is a bunch of people -- a bunch of health officials trying to make the best of the situation while also not saying, as you note, the problem is that there has been a failure twhen comes to testing. we're not where we need to be when it comes to the supply. >> yeah. what he is describing is triage that is necessary because we have a posity of these resources. you are right. he's rirght, i think, if you don't have enough tests you want to prioritize the people that are going to benefit from it the most. people who may be qualifying for are the therapeutics. they need to know...

September. approaching an all-time high set last january. >> the sheer volume of the number of cases that may be a reduced severity, but could still stress our hospital system. >> reporter: ohio, maryland, delaware and georgia now among the latest states to call up their national guards to help in hospitals. so, jake, the white house is saying this order of a half billion free tests they'll send to americans, they say that order won't affect the supply of the home kits in stores. now if you can actually find a kit in a store, the price of it could soon be going up. that's because certain retai...

The tunnel. it feels like -- but i felt this way before. >> yes. >> and then the rug gets pulled out. but it feels like if we can get through january, things might get better. that's my latest thought. >> we're told the peak is a couple of weeks away and then we'll be on the down side. let's hope. >> "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. a pandemic of confusion. "the lead" starts right now. backlash growing as the cdc updates its isolation guidance causing only more bewilderment again. why this makes it so much harder for schools and businesses to reopen. and on the eve of the insu...

>> wish the cdc would just come out and say, hey, we don't have enough tests. we really should have enough tests and then test your way out of isolation. >> reporter: instead the cdc issuing updated guidance suggesting that people in isolation who have access to a test could test after five days. if positive, then isolate for five more days. but the cdc says, if you don't test after five days of isolation, then just wear a mask for five more days. >> so if there were an abundant supply of rapid tests, i think we'd be approaching this differently. >> amid a critical shortage of tests, new test ...

Stars. a look at why the unvaxxed superstar may not be welcome down under. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we start in the health lead. americans are left scratching their heads once again after the cdc attempted to clarify its new isolation guidance, again. a week ago, the agency changed the isolation period for asymptomatic covid positive individuals reducing it from ten days to five, plus five days of wearing a mask. many in the medical community were, at that point, shocked the cdc did not recommend a negative covid test as a condition to re-enter the world. so the cdc went back,...