handful of things that you can see is a victory in the other decision that the supreme court prevailed upon and mandatory vaccines for health care workers. and the department for had clear authority for the things you can extend that, and look at the more narrow focus errors where discreet workers like meatpacking, to other essential workers, and things can be still done for them. and a number of these things can still be discussed. doctor fauci has the travel vaccine mandate. and also, looking how insurance premiums can be discounted, that has been explored and tried and other areas, and it s been shown in smoking and other behaviors. you can show and protecting its consumers, all of us as consumers, there
yesterday, why vaccination is not being required for domestic transportation. do you think that should be part of the biden plan and how do they face it? i would say i was disappointed that i didn t hear about a travel vaccine mandate by president biden for beating omicron. that was very surprisinging to me. i would think that would cause a definite increase in vaccination rates. as it relates to the entire strategy, i think it s a first step but inadequate. i think 500 rapid tests will be done in about a month. each person has to take one or two rapid tests for it to be accurate. we have 330 million americans. i would have liked to have seen some federal guidance as it relates to mask policies. i would like to see us also get all americans high-quality n95 masks as well especially since
workers and still could be done through the department of labor. another one could be something discussed before. dr. fauci commented on a domestic travel vaccine mandate. a third one could even be looking at how insurance premiums could be discounted, something that has been explored, tried in other areas including incentives to reduce smoking and other behaviors. you can think of a number of different areas and finally taking the play out of protecting consumers if you think of all of us as consumers in businesses having some transparency about the business you enter and the level of vaccination or protection that business is providing customers and its employees. so there is still room. i think the question is how to not get distracted to make sure you focus on actually getting vaccines in arms and not just all these court related controversies over who has the authority. some public health experts say there are signs omicron has peaked at least in some areas.
rohobith beach, the president was asked about travel mandates. he said he was going to get advice from his medical advisers. his chief medical advisers, dr. fauci, said earlier this afternoon at this point he does not see a need for a vaccine mandate to get on a plane for domestic travel. that s what the current situation dictates according to dr. fauci. he said and always said as a caveat, when the science changes, things could change. right now it doesn t appear that a domestic travel vaccine mandate is in the works. jackie? jackie: with respect to the tests, the contracts won t be inked until next week and then probably another two to three weeks to get them distributed, this spike might be over by then. thanks, david. the lower five-day quarantine
so, by refusing to institute a travel vaccine mandate, basically the biden administration is bowing to the 17% minority. so, as i ve been saying it s basically the tail wagging the dog. we should have a travel vaccine requirement in the united states like our cousins in canada have. it makes sense not only to prevent transmission around this country, but another incentive for folks to get vaccinated. and this last 17% are really the recalcitrant group. and it s going to take a strong measure to get these folks across the finish line. and maybe if they re told they can t fly without a vaccine, that will get some of them there. so i strongly favor that. and let s turn the page to some very appalling comments from republican senator ron johnson who, like others on the far right, have been spreading these kooky things about dr. anthony fauci. let s listen. fauci did the exact same