The Test Is In The Mail

What A Day

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🗓️ 10 January 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

President Biden announced last month that his administration purchased 500 million at-home Covid-19 tests that Americans will be able to order for free. That pledge came while the country was dealing with Omicron, which has only continued to fuel an explosive growth in cases. We answer some of the questions of when and where those tests will become available.

The U.S. meets with Russia today in Geneva, with other NATO allies set to join throughout the week. It’s a high-stakes conversation, with the Associated Press stating that these talks could “shape the future of not only the [US-Russia] relationship but the relationship between the U.S. and its NATO allies.”

And in headlines: A deadly fire in the Bronx killed at least 19 people, the three white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery were all sentenced to life in prison, and Amy Schneider became the first woman on Jeopardy! to win more than a million dollars in a regular season.

Show Notes:

Wall Street Journal: “How Reliable Are Covid-19 Rapid Tests for Detecting Omicron?” – https://on.wsj.com/31FvEwC

Associated Press: “Kazakhstan adds uncertainty to talks with Russia on Ukraine” – https://bit.ly/3HOMqsF

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0:00.0	It is Monday, January 10th. I'm Gideon Ressick.
0:09.0	And I'm Josie Defi Race. And this is What A Day.
0:12.0	Where, since it's not on TV and no one can fact check us, we are now identifying as the winners of a Golden Globe.
0:18.0	Yes. So last night we took home one of those big, shiny balls or we could have anyway, you really would have no idea.
0:25.0	We love that. We love to win everything.
0:31.0	On today's show, a deadly fire in the Bronx killed at least 19 people yesterday.
0:36.0	Plus, Amy Schneider continues to dominate Jeopardy by becoming the first woman to win more than a million dollars in a regular season.
0:42.0	But first, we talk testing. Yay.
0:46.0	The federal government will purchase one half billion. That's not million billion, with a B.
0:52.0	additional at home rapid test with delivery starting in January.
0:57.0	That was President Biden, the week of Christmas last year. That pledge came while the country was dealing with Omicron,
1:03.0	which is only continued to fuel an explosive growth in cases in the US in the week since.
1:08.0	Straining healthcare systems, schools and much, much, much more. So we are now in January.
1:14.0	Gideon, where does that testing plan stand? Because we are yet again, as you know, all too well, dealing with enormous problems
1:21.0	with getting people tested and getting results in a timely manner, etc.
1:25.0	Yes, that is right. That is a significant understatement too.
1:28.0	Let's unpack that by first talking about the 500 million that Biden referenced there.
1:33.0	These are those self-administered at-home rapid tests that you and our audience will likely be familiar with at this point,
1:39.0	given how many times we've had to shove things up our nose and swirl them, etc. over the past two years.
1:45.0	The White House is reportedly working out details with the US Postal Service to deliver those kids to homes across the country.
1:52.0	A White House source told CNN that the first contractors recently signed to purchase pre-existing tests and to use them for this distribution process.
2:00.0	That is expected to be just the first of many in the coming weeks.
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