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Days. tonight, the union accused the mayor of turning down an offer for thousands of so-called shield tests, which are saliva-based, along with ppe. >> we have been fighting for resources for months. our teachers are ready to work. theyve been ready to work. theyve been ready to work remotely under safe conditions. our members have caught covid. our students have caught covid. they are catching covid all over the world. there is a surge. its not just a surge here in chicago. >> chicago mayor lor...

People cant find at-home rapid tests, pcr texts can take several days to get results. what do you think needs to happen to get testing to a better place? >> well first of all, what we were discussing in our articles is not for the immediate time. it is a strategic plan for three to 12 months. but maetdly, we created the testing infrastructure and then when the vaccines came along, everyone thought, well, were past this and let it go away. we need to re-create a testing infrastructure. much more ...

Tonight, the white house says it is in touch with chicagos mayor and illinois governor in hope of re-opening chicago schools, despite the omicron surge. chicagos largest school district in the nation with classes in limbo because of a standoff between the teachers union and the mayor, who will join us in a moment. now, the union is insisting on virtual learning, while the mayor is demanding schools open. it is meant no school for three days. tonight, the union accused the mayor of turning down a...

Order to get past omicron. what were suggesting is thats for this immediate moment but you need to plan today for three months from now so we are not caught in the same problem. i think one of the problems we have with the testing regime is we didnt plan in june/july for how to properly use at-home tests, mixed with pcrs and make sure that the whole system was operating smoothly, and then connecting it to any potential therapies we had -- at that time, the monoclonal therapies. so, if we plan to...

For more testing. the governor and i have had multiple conversations, so we are in a good, i think, place with both our governor and the white house. but fundamentally, anderson, as you know, there is a shortage of testing nation beside. we are going to provide as much testing as we possibly can but recognizing that, right now, across the country there is a shortage of tests. but even working within those constraints, and we put on the table i think a testing regime that will address a lot of th...

Right now to get past where we are? >> well, unfortunately, if you vaccinate today, the people who were unvaccinated -- who account for about 75% of the hospitalizations -- its not really gonna make a big difference over the next month because they need a second shot and then 14 days after the second shot. public health measures that weve mentioned -- better-air quality, masking, not going into crowded-indoor spaces -- those are really important measures in order to get past omicron. what were s...

Happen is at the gym, we will have much better ventilation than they generally have now. theyll have air filters, they will have hepa filters and by the way, the prevalence of covid in the community will be much lower. >> obviously, testing has been a major issue, particularly during this omicron surge. people cant find at-home rapid tests, pcr texts can take several days to get results. what do you think needs to happen to get testing to a better place? >> well first of all, what we were discus...

Capacity, more tests authorized, produce more, and create a closer link between testing and treating people. >> the -- the time when it becomes endemic -- the time when you are talking about, um, you know, kind of the new normal. when do you see that taking place? and what gets us there? because i mean, why arent -- wouldnt there just be endless new variants that -- that happen a year from now, two years from now, three years from now, that, you know, and its this up and down and we dont know wh...

Both sides, and i am hoping that the -- the productivity that weve seen over the last two days will continue through the weekend. and were going to be able to announce a deal to get our kids back in school. >> the white house says they have been in touch with both you and -- and the governor to, quote, assess your needs. governor pritzker told bloomberg news he asked for testing. what have your conversations with federal authorities been like? and what is, specifically, the issue on testing that...

Infrastructure. much more pcr testing, much more at-home testing, and a much more coherent strategy for what happens when someone tests positive, so that they get the appropriate treatment whether its the new oral medications from pfizer and merck or a monoclonal antibody. or if they are not eligible for those, they can go on to a research study and they are advised about how to isolate, so as not to infect other people. we dont have that kind of infrastructure. so we need to build more testing ...