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Positivity. december 10th, 24.2%. we were testing everybody. i was out at testing sites in every corner of this state and people did an extraordinary job to make the test available so people could know whether or not they should stay home or carry on with their lives. that was really important. enormous number of tests being done, higher than any state in the nation and we are showing a 23% infection rate, those who be tested testing positive. look at that drop from 23% to february 8th 3.67% and...

Tests were negative a few days later they have come down, tested positive in the case several people this weekend severe like flu symptoms. can omicron invade the rapid test can there be false positives or false negatives? >> the false negative is really what we see in the presymptomatic phase. that is before you have symptoms the rate of a false negative can be as low as 50%. so if you are very concerned you might been exposed to moving to test twice if using the rapid antigen test you buy at t...

Kids on the testing front. should this be mandatory, given schools are a mix of unvaccinated and vaccinated? >> you know, our schools are back and theyre back much of the year in colorado. we had a back to school task force early on. we think it is safer from a broad health perspective for kids to be in school for their own well-being and preparedness. a couple of poll strategies. if theres an outbreak in school, the school should be able to test back in, rather than have to go online, out of se...

Story of browns is different. >> bill: you would concede a year ago it wasnt this way. why they allow the border crisis to even happen? >> you know, i think it starts just with the flow. the amount of people that are coming in. if we can stem the flow a little bit i think we will be able to really kind of do the policies that are necessary. good thing about brownsville and federal government right now is they realize that something needs to change. were testing everybody down here and doing the ...

We are testing everybody. and we are finding in positive we are isolating them. this is actually effective, what were doing, and there is nothing to worry about. and a lot of other people are looking upon us and saying, hey, the games have not even begun yet and we have got an outbreak inside the olympic village. what is going to happen when are far more people here at the end of the week? the australian government is to deport the far right commentator, katie hopkins, after she boasted about fl...

Of five matches with crime scene d.n.a. if they did not take d.n.a. from everybody who is convicted of a crime and now most of those people who are under arrest. >> remi, you think this is a terrible idea. >> i dont think saving lives is a terrible idea. of course, everybody wants to prevent crime. the question is how far can the police officers go in order to prevent crime? we know we have our basic fundamental rights fell out in the constitution. testing everybody for d.n.a. upon arrest is a v...