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Immunity anyone thad with previous infection, we were a naive population. one of the reason we can see the cases go up right now with omicron is because we have eyes on the virus in a way we didnt back in march of 2020. we have surveillance because we now have testing infrastructure in place. we have rapid tests. yes, they should be free, and available to all. new york city is going to mail out, i think, about a million but weve got pcr tests. all of these are getting overwhelmed as happens in a...

Those case numbers rising very rapidly is not going to be followed by a sort of comparable increase in hospitalizations and deaths. im hoping that we finally break the link between infections and hospitalizations and deaths because we have so many people vaccinated. last point, i remain worried, a lot of americans are still not vaccinated, a lot of older, high risk people still not boosted. they remain at risk. thats the group to pay attention to and figure out how we help them get through this....

Available testing for the entirety of this pandemic, and we still have not done it right. why? >> right. so i think for many reasons. weve had a chronically underfunded public health system that was one reason, and we treated testing especially rapid tests as sort of a medical tool when its a public health tool. it doesnt need to go through the fda and bureaucracy of that sort of approval process. thats one reason. we also dont have a robust testing infrastructure. that speaks to how decentraliz...

Televisit with a provider. this is going to apply to anyone over the age of 2. its going to apply to you regardless of vaccination status or what country you are in or your country of origin. it applies to everyone. it may not sound like a major change, people have been getting tested routinely, but that one-day window is key for people to plan around, especially if you plan to go somewhere that doesnt have a testing infrastructure such as we have in the united states or perhaps an area where th...

Travel abroad, was they used to have about a 72-hour window. not only is that a tighter timeline, but were also going to have to be careful about what tests we get. pcr tests are accepted and some rapid antigen tests and some at-home tests will be accepted, but youll likely need to talk to a telehealth provider over audio or video call in order for that to be accepted, as well. so for folks who are planning to travel soon, not only will they immediate to schedule this into their travel plans, bu...

Testing requirements. what travelers need to know is there is now a one-day window for you to get a negative covid test back if you are abroad or youre planning to travel abroad any time soon, youll need the negative test result within the one-day window before you can enter the united states. while people have been getting tests while they travel, this tighter timeline is going to be something that people need to plan around. not only because not every country has the same testing infrastructur...

Plan ahead. not only logistically, but also potentially with their budgets because not every country has the same testing infrastructure that we have here, so depending on where you are, your test may not be free. sometimes these pcr tests can cost north of $100. travelers starting today need to plan ahead. weve already met some folks here on the ground who scrambled, got multiple tests in case one wasnt accepted, and we expect to see that same kind of preparation and in some cases confusion, fr...

Whether youre vaccinated, unvaccinated, no matter what country youre coming from, this applies to everyone. and it used to be that 72 -hour window. while getting a test may not sound like a major deal, it really is a more tightened timeline, and people who are traveling to perhaps more remote countries or to places where theyre not sure what the testing infrastructure looks like, they really need to start planning ahead. i met a woman earlier this week who was on her way to bangladesh who was al...

Testing infrastructure. we went up to many couple of a million tests a day. testing is usual when you can screen people. >> first of all, i personally had a false positive by one of t thosover the could nter test. i get tested once a week because i have a class of 160 students that i teach twice a week. testing has a very important role. we never properly created the testing infrastructure and if they had a rapid test, its possible they are false positives and that subsequent test confirms throu...

With testing right from the start. the cdc got the test right at the start wrong. we never built up the right testing infrastructure. we -- and up to many couple million tests a day. but now were down at about 600,000 tests a day. only testing people who are very suspicious, actually, have the disease. but testing is useful when you can actually screen people. first of all -- >> what does that mean -- >> ive personally had a false positive on one of those over the counter tests. i get tested eve...