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Regularly submitting these test results? or is this a one-time policy? >> it is a one-time policy for the break. we anticipate that we can use it in future breaks. we have another february winter break and we have a break for spring obviously. and were thinking as long as we have the testing capability, which we do, im very proud of my team for producing and sending out over 100,000 at-home tests just last week and we will have 6 million that were going to deploy in our schools for our frontline...

On what the economic conditions are like early next year. >> appreciate that, josh. let me go over to gary who is dealing with testing in d.c. as good as any place to go to figure out these days of the testing capacity. what are you finding? >> hey, chuck. you know, weve seen over the past holidays over the past two years theres been lines at testing sites every holiday and this is no different before christmas here. were seeing lines here in d.c. and around the country and d.c. is seeing, as yo...

Very long lines of people that are lining up to get a test. 30 degrees yesterday in new york. some people waited up to four hours as reported on the daily podcast this morning from "the new york times." the frustration of not being able to get a test is at a fever pitch. especially as people want to get back to seeing their family this christmas in a few days, many of them one, theyve listened to the experts and want to be safe and get a test to make sure theyll protect their loved ones at home....

Clinical purposes. testing is really a fundamental tool for our public health response. routine regular repetitive testing which ive advocated in schools k-12 twice a week where students can go to school, they can stay in school and twice a week they get tested. those students that are not infected stay in school, those students that are infected we find the silent epidemic, pull it out of the school and move forward with schools that do have a case with what we call test and stay rather than se...

What should i do? if youre not boosted, get boosted. is that your advice? >> absolutely, chris. there is no doubt about that. the data are overwhelmingly strong in that direction. no doubt about it. >> there are two other things to consider here. one is testing. there is reporting today that the white house is a little concerned about testing capacity. i have already started to see anecdotally that we have higher transmission here in new york city, longer lines for testing. it is very hard to ca...

Properly. is our testing regimen ready for omicron in the united states? >> thanks for having me. a lot happened this past week and a lot to catch up on but one of the critical components in getting in front of outbreaks such as the sars-cov-2 is our testing capability. last year, it was dismal. i would give some kudos to the united states. we have, in the u.s., increased our testing surveillance from about 21% to less than 1% to 10%. however, its not equally distributed across the country, not ...

It has to appear that they are decisive and timely and i have to tell you, one level of concern on that, why is it being put in place monday? if you decide you want to travel ban, you should do it now. why have some fights over the weekend? all it takes is just a couple of cases administers to spread. another point i want to make is what about central america? i checked and theres plenty of flight going from you hand is burnt to central america and we talked about the southern border so youve go...

Out of class and back at home. what do you think of this as a pediatrician? do you think its a smart strategy? do we have the testing capability? >> well, i think its an extra layer of support. but its a third-tier strategy. by that, i mean if were serious about getting kids through in-person classes, we have to have everybody in the school vaccinated, everybody masked, and certainly for the middle schools and high schools that is possible, although weve got a lot of unfortunately elected leader...

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Vaccine mandates or mask mandates for that matter. what can parents do to make sure their children are safe if their teachers and peers arent vaccinated? >> we know how to get kids back into school safely full-time. it includes many of the things you mentioned, vaccinations for everybody. it means good ventilation. it means testing. we have lots of testing capability now. and it does include especially in high-transmission areas mask wearing. and what i would say to parents is first of all if yo...