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What are some of the areas there needs to be improvement. one which seems obvious to me is testing. i cannot believe that were in december 2022 and testing isnt prevalent and free everywhere in the country. i mean, thats how you go back to normal. thats how when you have workplaces open, schools open and were not there yet. and i dont even understand it. >> jake, in my opinion, its absolutely inexcusable. there is no good excuse for not having the tests we need in america to get in front of this...

Everyone thought we were done, we had independence day from covid. some of us said, no, were arent done, the variants will continue to be game changers and make it much more complicated. the vaccines dont offer us lifelong protection or for that matter complete protection. were seeing testing isnt adequate. not just here in the united states. europe, which has been heralded with having some of the best testing in the world are struggling with testing themselves. so science and the general public...

Deficiencies and dont respond well even if theyre vaccinated. caregivers around them, friends, family, to try to keep the virus out of their immediate vicinity. so those people, you know, should probably be doing a lot of testing if theyre able to. instead, what we have are, you know, a lot of lower-risk people testing right now. we have, you know, people who are vaccinated and younger and more access to resources, because testing isnt cheap right now. and so they end up consuming a lot of tests...

>> explain why. >> part of it is testing isnt readily available everywhere. sometimes when you get a test, you have to wait a few days until you get the result. third if the test is a pcr test, you can be positive with pcr for a few months even though youre no longer contagious. the thinking was obviously if you have covid, stay until youre completely asymptommatic which will mean if youre shedding virus would be a virus would be much lesser. >> i think youre touching on an important part which ...

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Factor in that and that given international travel testing isnt playing a useful role but is having a negative impact on passengers and on the industry, we are asking government to look carefully at removing those tests and to communicate that and confirm it as soon as possible. pare communicate that and confirm it as soon as possible.— communicate that and confirm it as soon as possible. are you saying its not havin: soon as possible. are you saying its not having an _ soon as possible. are y...

>> yeah. if you can make sure that your immunity is durable that would go towards the broader protection for the country or the society. its a really challenging question in part because of the fact that we have not been testing that much in the country. how many people in the country had covid? we cant answer. what percentage have antibodies? you can guess and model that but i dont think we would have a clear cut answer. how protected are people that had covid at the beginning of the year and n...

A significant challenge, especially in those parts of the country where schools are reopening, and theres concern. what has been largely limited to the south and in states like florida, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, might now become more prevalent as younger individuals go back to schools, might face the delta variant themselves. >> doctor, i am guessing you have a positive response to more regular testing in schools. testing isnt going to hurt anybody. is that enough or should we see more va...