now it s changed. none of these tests were at home or rapid tests. this month it is estimated that we will hit approximately 15 million tests a day and we ll have over 375 million at-home rapid tests in january alone. that s a huge leap. we ve taken a number of steps including invoking the defense production act as early as last february to ramp up production. you know, we re on track, we re on track to roll out a website next week where you can order free tests shipped to your home. and in addition to the 500 million, half a billion tests that are in the process of being acquired to ship to your homes for free, today i m directing my team to procure 500 million more tests to distribute for free. a billion tests in total to
white house continues to write checks they can t cash? i think it s a great question. the more they do it, the more people at home get frustrated. the test thing is really its biggest sore thumb. it is right in everybody s face when a school says you have to have tests but can t get the tests, it is truly an irritant whether you are a democrat, independent or republican. it is a major problem. today s voting rights pitch is inside baseball if you will. they are pitching it like it is the end of the world if it doesn t get changed. but in reality inflation, dealing with covid is really top of mind for most americans. bill: two more sound bites and share with viewers in case they missed them yesterday. mitch mcconnell yesterday on the floor of the senate going right at joe biden s appearance in georgia the day prior. here is what she said about that first. i know there has been a lot of claim of the offensive nature of the speech yesterday
doses. how are these decisions getting made? are there bets being made on potential therapeutics so that down the line we ll have more options like this? but then also, you know, i m hoping that the president will talk more about testing. you just heard the vice president talk about that and these tests are going to go out. but it s going to sound crazy, but, you know, we should be at the point where we could be doing a billion or 2 billion tests a month. it sounds, you know, fantastical, but that was sort of the thinking back at the beginning of this pandemic that even by the summer of 2020 we might get to that point. right now, if things go as expected, we ll be closer to 400 million a month, which is a lot better, but still not nearly enough. look, we re not going to be in that position forever. we re not going to need to be doing testing that the level forever. but right now we re still in the middle of a viral storm, and if we want to slow the storm down as quickly as possible, we
any search engine and find out where free testing is available. really, if you want to figure out how to get across town to some restaurant you heard is great you shlly do google to figure out where it is. it is simply about giving people, right, a mechanism by which they can locate something they need and something that can help them. dana: that s one of the other things that they asked was when are those tests that the president said would be in people s homes going out? she said the end of this week. it is actually the white house had to correct and say it s the end of the month. at that time if you have to have a test to go to school, work or travel, what will a test do for you? you would need 20 if you get through the month. judging by how different places are handling different things. listen, it reminds me of the copying. remember, you can t copy your license, you can t go to kinkos.
or rap i would tests. this month, it s estimated that we will hit approximately 15 million tests a day and we ll have over 375 million at-home rapid tests in january alone. that s huge leap. we ve invoked the defense production act as early as last february to ramp up production. and we re on track. we re on track to roll out a website next week where you can order free tests, ship to your home. and in addition to the 500 million, half a billion tests that are in the process of being acquired to ship to you home for free, today i m directing my team to procure an additional 500 million more tests to distribute for free. a billion tests in total to meet