until they arrive which could be a week or two after they ordered you have to wait an ever-growing line outside of the covid testing site. charles watson live in atlanta, the headquarters for the centers for disease control. once the site goes live on wednesday americans will have the opportunity to order up to four at home free covid test. but because shipping will take anywhere between 7 - 12 days it may take quite a while for the test to reach american homes, not an ideal situation for the biden administration certainly added time where the u.s. is averaging 800,000 new infections daily in the demand for testing is outpacing the nation supply with the nightmare scenario public health officials that handicaps the country s ability to manage a highly contagious avocado. in any variant that may follow. i would agree we need more test. he did hamper our ability as a country to hit manager. i do not believe the omicron is
going to be the last wave that we see. having widespread testing available is going to make an enormous difference as we get beyond the surge and before we face the next one. any chance of that u.s. vaccinated its way out of the pandemic may be all but gone this after this supreme court blocked the oceans vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees, the white house says it will continue the vaccine messaging to keep americans safe but the public health expert same it will be enough to pull u.s. numbers above 63% of americans who are fully vaccinated women 38% were boosted. former fda scott gottlieb says it would be wise for the country to start emphasizing other options as far as treating covid-19 mainly those monoclonal nobodies and antiviral medications. jon: charles watson in atlanta, thank you.