2100 flights today. those shortages are now even effecting covid treatments. the state of new hampshire was set to receive federal monoclonal antibody teams today. they re now being told the teams won t deploy before next week. the federal government citing the high demand for antibodies across the country, according to the state of new hampshire which said they requested the treatment a month ago. alexandria field, thank you so much. let s bring in dr. albert co and will leana wen. let me start with you and tick through a couple of these developments from the fda. boosters now approved for children 12 to 15. ome half of 12 to 15-year-olds according to the latest data are fully vaccinated so how does this change the landscape? well i don t think that the booster shot for 12 to 15 years
need a test out option to get people out of isolation rather than the one rule for all five days, staying in isolation and then come out regardless of your testing result. and that at home rapid antigen test, that is the at home test people are taking. right. it could be done in pharmacies or clinics but also done at home with the at-home tests. dr. wen, i want to ask you this because you are the mom of two little kids and i don t know if you heard what dr. scott gottlieb said over the weekend, former fda commissioner, but that omicron appears to be more mild, a more mild variant for adults but possibly more problematic for little kids because it might be an uper respiratory virus. so do you agree and can you explain that? well, based on the data that we have, what we understand is that omicron is appearing to be