cooled testing system. we can sample of wastewater from a building or several buildings every day. and if the wastewater is positive, we can issue targeted notifications for the people living and working in those buildings so we can most efficiently test people where there may be a possible infection. when it comes to the omicron variant specifically, they re looking for what s known as an s-drop. that is something that is somewhat unique to the omicron variant. it s not found in the delta variant. that is a result of multiple mutations within the spike itself. once they detect an s-drop, that s when they prioritize the sample for sequencing. and the researchers there are telling me they will be able to identify omicron within minutes from there, they then notify public health officials. we re waiting for a press conference to happen very shortly there in san francisco to give us more information about the first case of omicron identified in the united states.
0 the president was asked about this earlier this week and he said that had not been recommended to him. you re his chief medical adviser. do you think that s something the country should adopt? i m not so sure we should say that should be a requirement. we have 60 million people in this country who are not vaccinated, who are eligible to be vaccinated. let s get them vaccinated, let s get the people who are vaccinated boosted, let s get the children vaccinated. that s where we want to go as opposed to a requirement. reporter: some people say you have extinguished many of your options to get those people vaccinated and this is one of the ways, as the osha mandate is held up in court, this would be a way to get more people you know, that s a possibility. but for the people who are listening to this, we talk about why it s important to get vaccinated. i think what s happening now is another example of why it s important for people to get vaccinated who have not been vaccinated, b
southern africa. is it better to wait for evidence or put those things in place now? tt is things in place now? it is important. things in place now? it is important, we things in place now? it is important, we have - things in place now? it is important, we have seenj things in place now? it is i important, we have seen in things in place now? tt 3 important, we have seen in the past 18 months it is important to act swiftly so we encourage the government and the right they have taken steps. we do not want to end “p taken steps. we do not want to end up in a situation where the country has to be on lockdown. we should be vaccinating, making sure people wear face went out in indoor venues, when mixing, and we should have a testing system that works and we should give people sick bay so they can self isolate when they need to. tide people sick bay so they can self isolate when they need to. we will seak isolate when they need to. we will s - eak to isolate when they need to. we wil
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