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Testing were going to be doing, well have massive numbers of people who test positive and this add administration will have no idea what to do with them? >> should we stop testing, doctor, so much? if people are asymptomatic, theyre not showing any signs and perfectly healthy, should we continue to test those individuals? >> i think we should give thought to not testing people who are asymptomatic. were going to end up with a real problem. were going to have massive numbers of people who test po...

Have the pfizer anti-viral, which show tremendous promise, decreasing hospitalizations by 89%. are you kidding me? were not pushing that? that should be an emergency. we should get that out. when people do test positive, we have something to do. >> whats holding it up. youve been in the private sector and also in government. what holds something like this up. >> well, when i was on the controversy task force, there was a sense of urgency. i dont see that sense of urgency now. why arent they real...

People who test positive for covid. back here president biden is trying to reassure americans, vaccinated americans, that they can safely celebrate the holidays still. >> the best thing to do is get fully vaccinated and get your booster shot. no, this is not march of 2020. 200 million people are fully vaccinated. were prepared. we know more. we just have to stay focused. >> now to new york where the mayor tells cnn its going to be a tough few weeks ahead where people are still finding long lines...

Show tremendous promise decreasing hospitalizations by are you kidding me? were not pushing that? that should be an we should get that out. when people do test positive, we have something to do. >> whats holding it up? youve been in the private sector and also in what holds something like this. >> well, when i was on the controversy task force, there was a sense of urgency. i dont see that sense ofe, urgency now why arent they really anxious to get it under control? and you know, think about it,...

Do you think the cdc should do that? is there a risk? >> there is actually pretty good science that if youre fully vaccinated, asymptomatic, and have a couple rapid negative antigen tests, the chance of being infectious is almost none. i think this is a great way of following the evolving science around covid-19, how it spreads and how we control it. however -- heres the caveat -- i would want us to make sure it works, that we can do it logistically and that its not being used to force sick work...

Are unvaccinated. in the face of not just the delta surge but also the omicron surge, this can allow us to get treatments to people in the comfort of their own home, recognizing that our health care systems are overwhelmed across the country, right? its a prescription we can call into a pharmacy, someone can go pick it up, and then potentially avoid the hospital. this is particularly important because two of the three monoclonal antibody treatments weve been using to try to avoid hospitalization...

Vaccine site open 24 hours a day at one point, has since been able to be shut down because vaccines are so available. that would be an interesting place, mark, to make that now a testing site. >> yes, because as youve reported, lines are two, three, four hours at testing sites around the city. weve also got a huge delay in the return of lab results three to four days now. you could have lab processing set up there at javits and other hubs. once people test positive, its getting difficult to acce...

Vaccinated and boosted while delivering dark warnings to the tens of millions who have chosen not to get the shot. >> hospitals are full of people who made that mistake. >> the president was candid about the fact that those who are vaccinated and boosted will still likely have the potential for actually getting covid with this new variant. and he said that would include people in the white house. and he would know. he had a close contact with a white house staffer that did test positive for covi...

As possible for a number of reasons. one is for health care workers who test positive. you dont want those individuals to have to be out of workforce and then we have a serious shortage. the second reason is we want to actually incentivize people to find out that they are positive, but if you know that you have to be out and not see your family what, if you care for young kids or what if you dont want to miss days from work, you might end up not testing because you dont want to find out that you...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren tested positive Sunday for the coronavirus, according to a tweet from her official account.