harmful drugs like fentanyl are being used and at what rate. the data is even capable of detecting when other substances have been laced with fentanyl. they are flushing it down a toilet. and then eventually as that supply starts working its way through the community, you then over the next week start to see the opioid overdoses manifest because people are ciewnelling fentanyl that they weren t intending to consume. biobottom analytics gained steam during the pandemic tracking rates of covid-19. last years the focus returned to the opioid crisis. this technology not only analyzes concentration levels but metabolites. tell the difference between ingested or something that s been discarded into wastewater. test something not used for law enforcement but it does show police where prevention tools need to be deployed. where are we catching them with the drugs that is not necessarily where it s being used. really this gives us a nexus to where it s being used and being able to ou
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? joining us to discuss, new york city s new mayor, eric adams. 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. biden administration pledged to improve access to testing supplies across the nation. are you getting from you need from the biden administration and are you satisfied where test something in new york city right now? we are getting what we need and i cannot tell you how much i thank the president getting the resources here on the ground and the governor, of the amazing communication and coordination is allowing us not to live within the walls of this crisis, and we are moving things forward and yes, we re going to expand our testing. you never have enough. we re going to continue to do so
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 to improve access to testing supplies. are you getting from you need from the biden administration and are you satisfied where test something in new york city right now? we are getting what we need
thanks for doing this. going to see family it s likely to tell you it s a disaster. don t tell president biden or dr. anthony fauci. admittedly, we can always do better but i can t think of something specifically that we would have done differently. no, i don t think it s a failure. i think it s you could argue we should have known a year ago, six months ago two months ago. a month ago. admiral why is testing such a mess? test something a problem right now because after the trump administration felicity january, there was essentially no investment particularly in at home tests until october. before we left, we distributed 180 manage rapid tests and had 06 million others on order for biden administration to push the button. buff the alaska investment meant that the industrial lines no
vaccinated. they need to focus on getting vaccinated and boosted. the highest risk population and then from there we need to make sure that we have treatments available if and when they do get sick. carley: conversation almost exclusively on testing yesterday. is there such a thing as overtesting a population even asymptomatic people? carley, test something very important. that gives us an idea of what is going on and where the cases are. i can say though he is talking about they didn t expect the surge. they didn t expect to need some tests. i don t actually believe that to be true. we had testing shortages back in september during the delta wave. unfortunately they have put all of their investments into the veenkses and unfortunately they did not really reinvest into the testing strategy going on under operation warp speed. testing is crucial, especially when we are trying to get back to normal life. people need have access. and they need it to be affordable so we can move on a