Vice president and the vice president on preparation. of the health care system prepare for what is coming? we are prepared for it. and no question. one of the problems is that will not be totally available to everyone until we get to january and there are still some issues now of people having trouble getting tested. we are addressing the testing problem very soon that will be corrected. mike: john, how do you assess it? let s trust the governors here let s trust the states to make these decisions. i worry when a vice president or dr. fauci think they can solve the problem or claim they are the science. let s go through decentralized solution and all the governments in the state to make a choice what is best for their communities given the science we have. mike: dr. mcgarry final thought where we are with covid? well when the current democrat appointed positions came into power and public health they immediately said
Walmart, three-month deal to sell those test kilts at $14 each, has lapsed. they are now raising the prices by as much as $10 a kit. david. just when so many families need these test kits. matt gutman, our thanks to you. i know there s been a lot of confusion on the cdc guidance. the cdc shortening the isolation period from ten days to five, but at first not suggesting a test to make sure before you leave isolation. so, i want to bring in dr. ashish jha, the dean of brown university school of public health and our friend. dr. jha, great to have you back tonight. late today, the cdc clarifying their guidance, stating that if and individual has access to a test and wants to test, the best approach is to use an antigen test toward the end of the five-day isolation period. so, this still doesn t say they re saying you should test, perhaps they re aware of the testing problem in this country, the fact that we can t get kits everywhere in every part of this country. you have said folks sho
On his way out of the white house into the delaware shore, the president denied the report. the administration to reject a surge in october. does the buck stop there? we didn t rejected. mike: the administration will order 500 million test for americans to request free online peer of the website is not up yet and the test will go out next month well after the holidays. we are addressing the testing problem and very soon that will be corrected. speaking to governors today at the local officials are largely responsible for handling the surge, but there is no federal solution, this, he says get solved at the state level. in that meeting president biden said unvaccinated americans should get their shots and stay out of the hospital, mike. mike: rich edson at the hospital thanks a lot peer at the biden administration flat-footed by the combination of rising demand for rapid test and rising cases of the omicron
A time when more children are being admitted to the hospital, a 66% increase in just one week. all of this combined with the muddled efforts to increase testing both in facilities and at home creating a significant problem for the biden administration into 2022. joining me is mike to talk more about this. mike, the president has a lot on his plate in the coming year. but we have to start with, of course, the surge of omicron. two major things here he s dealing with. high case loads across the country, and you have a major testing problem. what are they planning to do to deal with this? yeah. yasmin. i think if you were to ask most top biden administration officials, if there was a list of things from 2021 that they wish they could do over or not do at all, i think just about all of them would point to the moment around the fourth of july