passed many months ago, directed towards testing and schools and also helping schools to keep their classrooms open going forward. but this isn t the only headline on this issue the white house is making today, announcing that dr. tim inglesby, an expert on this issue is joining the covid response team to oversee its testing initiatives in their briefing today. we heard from the white house on another key issue announcing 1.5 million, 500,000 additional courses of the treatment by astrazeneca. and finally on the issue of the masks today because that s a key issue. we heard from the cdc director and director fauci noting among their priorities is that americans wear masks.
rapid tests. each of those test kits have two in them. so about 2 million tests overall. the teachers union, they ve said that they think that the idea of increasing testing is a positive move, something that needed to happen, but they say having the tests and effectively making sure that the testing initiatives are available at every single school is another story. remember, this is the nation s largest school district with 1.1 million students. jose? ellison, thank you. dr. varon, before we wrap this up, you serve people who many times are the essential workers in our country. people who can t afford to lose a day of work or stay home or have their children do the, you know, online studies. i m just wondering, with omicron being apparently less intense, are you seeing peoplehat are just saying, i don t feel good, but i ve got to go to the fields. i ve got to go and work, because