The San Luis Coastal Unified School District already distributed around 9,000 take-home kits this week after being selected to participate in a state pilot program.
. reporter: as recently as last week new york city announced a multipoint approach that is meant to try to slow the spread that includes increasing the number of locations where people could get vaccinated and also where people could get tested and even making those home kits available for those who are not able to actually stand in line for hours at a time. but the big, big advice obviously coming from officials not just here in new york city but throughout the country. for the portion of the population that s not vaccinated to get the shot. if you already did to get boosted. and if you got boosted to get tested. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. and dr. scott miskovic is the ceo of premier medical group usa and a national consultant for covid-19 testing. he joins us now from hawaii. thank you, doctor, for all ha you do. thank you, rosemary, for having me. absolutely. and dr. anthony fauci says that omicron is raging around the world. and the cdc says unvaccinated people face 20
to play it safe for the family. to be safe. you never know. even if you re vaccinated, you could still get it, so it s better to make sure than be sorry later. reporter: as recently as last week, new york city recently announced a multi-point approach meant to try to slow the spread. that includes increasing the number of locations where people could get vaccinated and also where people could guess tested and even making those home kits available for those who aren t able to stand in line for hours at a time. the big advice coming from officials not just here in new york city but throughout the country for the segment of the population that is not vaccinated to get the shot, if they already did, to get boosted. and if you got boosted, get tested. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. dr. tamara dildy joins me now. i d love to know what is it like in your e.r. right now, doctor, and what is the morale of staff? i think people are exhausted.
be traveling soon but for many, almost everybody, they want to be tested. they want the extra peace of mind though the majority are vaccinated. i had a couple friends vaccinated and also catch covid so trying to be safe for the family. to be safe. you never know. even if you re vaccinated you can still get it. it is better to know. as recent at last week new york city announced a multi-point approach designed to slow the spread, increasing the number of places where people can get vaccinated and tested and making those home kits available for those who are not able to stand in line for hours at a time. the big advice coming from officials not only in new york city but the country for the segment of the population not vaccinated to get the shot and get boosted and get tested. polo sandoval, cnn, new york.
goes by new york city they had doubling of their percentage of positive within three days. so we could be looking at 200,000, 300,000 people being diagnosed a day. what does that mean? what does it mean not only to the health of our country but the economic security of our country sf when we have that many persons having to quarantine and not go to work? doctor, we re seeing major testing shortages in new york city and other hard hit areas with people waiting hours in line at testing sites if you can even find one that is open, spending hundreds of dollars on take home kits. where does this leave families who can t afford to invest that kind of time or money? is this a failure in your opinion of our public health system? it definitely shows how we are very much reactive in the medical system and not proactive in preventative in our strategy. what we know that is 60% of americans who make less than $40,000 a year. i went and bought some covid