how difficult does the timing window make it to use these pills effectively and what does it say about the importance of testing and how the testing protocol needs to be ramped up in this country. if you don t know you ve got covid, you can t take advantage of something like this. it s very true. i think that is a problem in that in order for somebody to get the medication they may have to have a positive test of some sort and many of those are available, many can be taken at home. so getting the test may not be so difficult as it used to be. many months ago. but, again, the knowledge to be able to come and get the pill soon as the test is positive may not be very clear. we ve had a practice of this with influenza for many, many years. in which a medication is available in order to be given to persons who within the first 48 hours of their influenza symptoms, does not require a positive test, but actually does decrease chances someone s going to get sicker with influenza.
employees vaccinated and he has about 30% vaccinated. he says the mandate is not an option for him because he will have to fire his wrs or they will have to go to companys with a smaller number of employees. then he has to do a testing protocol. he says that could be burdensome and costly. he is very concerned about it. doctor, i want to talk also to you about boosters. we talked about it a bit a second ago referring to the fact that the meetings are this week. they have medical issues that make them high risk, can they expect to get boosters? and what about the fact that the booster, but understand, should be a lower dose than just a third shot of the original. is that going to create a supply chain problem potentially once this approval does come?
convention. it s just not good thought and good logic in this process. if they were to try to enforce. so many taylor there, jose, he has he can t have a vaccine mandate, because he ll risk losing so many of his employees who could potentially go to smaller companies so therefore he s left with this testing protocol, and he says, how much is that going to cost me to test on such a regular basis? what s the record-keeping going to look like. how can i ensure people are negative before they come into the workplace? very different reactions depending on geography and interesting. interesting. kerry sanders, while these debates are going on, covid continues to sweep through some police departments across the country. what are you hearing, kerry? reporter: jose, we have seen different subsets of groups across the country that have pushed back against vaccines. some teachers who have said they don t want to be vaccinated, some nurses who say they don t want to be vaccinated and we ve
it was a breakthrough case. we believe this is the first time a sitting justice has tested positive for covid. and the supreme court released just a brief statement. i ll read it. they said on thursday for the court s regular testing protocol, justice kavanaugh had a routine covid test ahead of justice barrett s investiture on friday. on thursday evening, he was nfred he tested positive for covid-19. he has no symptoms and has been fully vaccinated since january. like you said, they were all here today for the ceremonial swearing in of justice barrett. of course kavanaugh ended up not coming. she of course has been hearing arguments for over a year, but everything has been delayed because of covid. and the supreme court is actually starting the new term on monday and they ll be for the first time in the majestic chamber. of course they haven t been there for a year because of covid. she actually got to sit in her chair today. for these arguments, the supreme court had gone through a lo
no. no. okay. shall we dance? let s do a tap dance. um, the hosts were tested before interviewing the president. um, and, you know, they had the the positive. then tonight, we are learning the tests then turned out to be negative. right? so they were false positives. you know, this is this is still the ugly reality. um so so what do you make of this? i mean, look. i know it s not easy but it s it s part of us is like, gosh, we are two years into this almost. how can we still not just have tests that work? yeah. so, first, let me say i don t i m not familiar with the details of the protocol, the testing protocol, what tests were used. i am delighted that hear these were false-positive tests and that they are okay and well. but what i will say is i commend the view for having a screening protocol. and for operating it. and because this is i m glad that the tests were negative but this is exactly the kind of situation that screening tests