who is live on more on the new moves live in atlanta home to the cdc. steve? when it comes to new cases, the u.s. continues to set records. the seven-day average according to johns hopkins more than 280,000.when it comes to hospitalizations and death, the rise is significant. much slower. death totals about half of where they were last winter. the decision to cut isolation by ten day to five days is getting the push back from the nurse s union that said that they could endanger patients and the cdc head said that such a move was based on more than pure science. well, so it really had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate. we have seen relatively low rates of isolation for all of this pandemic. some science has demonstrated less than a third of people are isolating when they need to. when it comes to tolerance, a look at the long testing lines, it seems to be in short supply. it s crazy. i ve been turned away from urgent care places, appoint
to walk that back yesterday, tweeting about a quote federal plans to fight the virus. the one thing is clear, the u.s. is falling short on testing. connecticut, georgia, and ohio. just some of the states calling out the national guard to help distribute masks and tests. fox coverage starts now. we got my coven he s going to tell us what to expect in schools as millions of students prepared to head back after the holidays. but first, we go to david, he is hoping to be delaware of the president this afternoon. hi david. high gillian, high rich. we are just a few days away from the beginning of a brand-new year, 2022. we are talking about the national guard. we are talking about ventilators going back to states. some of this language is reminiscent of what we heard in the early days of the pandemic. the white house, covert response team held a news conference just about two hours ago, making several announcements showing somewhat of a federal response. meaning that they are
D.c. is not the only place with populations dropping off. new york, illinois and hawaii all seeing declines. that does it for us today. i m joanne turner in washington. rich, it s awesome to be with you. i m rich edson. the story starts right now with trace gallagher in for martha. trace? trace: thank you. good afternoon. i m trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. this is the story. the white house saying a short time ago it s still days away from being able to deliver the first batches of the half a billion at-home tests that they re promising to all americans that want them. the seven-day average of cases reaches an all-time pandemic high in the united states. the cdc says despite the record surge, shortening the guidance from 10 days to 5 is based not only in science but in an understandable that americans are lock down weary. let s begin with steve harrigan