flights in the united states of america before you can get on a plane? at this time that is not the law. even with the cdc guideline of changes when we have to isolate from ten to five days, if they say after five days you test negative, then you can go back to work, that would make me feel a little better. at this point, not of you to par with our testing or our n95 mask wearing and any mandates in that regard. at this point even with vaccination, it looks like we won t even hit 75% of americans vaccinated until october of next year. we have a real problem in the united states of america. so talking a lot about here also the crunch in the health care system. with that, shaq, talk what s happening where you are in indianapolis. u.s. navy lending a hand because of the health care crunch in the system there. specifically one hospital amid the surge of omicron. talk me through what s going on
and then omicron forcing more closures across the board. apple temporarily shutting down about 20 of its retail stores after a wave of covid-19 hitting their employees. we have got a stellar team following all of the late ef developments. mime memoli. in delaware traveling with the president. sam brock at miami international airport. shaq brewster in indianapolis for us. drmt william schaftenaar, associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at university of virginia and a cdc adviser, by the way. and dr. ebony hilton a professor of preventative medicine and infectious diseases at vanderbilt university medical center. welcome, all. thanks for joining us on this. mike, start with you. walk us through the guidelines that i just laid out for folks there as we are trying to grapple with what this means
based on sequencing they re doing. most cases are still delta related and bracing for what this new variant has to offer and when already suffering and getting help from the military as it is. that, shaq, there is a huge distinction. the fact they re still dealing with the delta variant and likely see in the pipeline omicron variant creeping closer and closer to them and then what do they do? get more beds, get more folks to help treat people and save lives subsequently and then get more vaccines in people s arms. dr. schaftenaar, talk to me about the elephant in the room. testing. the exact same conversation we re having today as we had beginning of this pandemic. you have to wait in long lines. 10, 12 days waiting for results at that point doesn t even matter. the president yesterday meeting with govern otheors admitting t