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Here is that for example everyone needs to get a pcr test, because that's the gold standard. where we know that rapid antigen tests are really good at telling you whether you're contagious, whether you can be around other people. we also don't hear a lot of clarity on what masks are important. some may still be wearing a cloth mask, or trying to wear an n95, but unable to because it's uncomfortable. the best mask is one you can wear reliably, that's lost in the messaging. i hear a lot of misinformation about, omicron is not so severe because we don't have to worry about, when it's severe enoug...

December 17th. i had no symptoms. best to get tested because i was gathering with my family for the holidays. i didn't get the negative result until yesterday. that is of no use to me at this point. essentially nine or ten days later. what we're hearing from sam, that is the optimistic point of view and a great 24, 48-hour turn around. waiting ten days for the results i can't imagine what the numbers actually are versus what's reported. >> yeah. testing is the original sin of this pandemic. we are not able to test optimally. it's no excuse. we shouldn't be waiting and a result that you got is ...

People coming out of isolation five days after they were first diagnosed with the virus. >> reporter: nothing in the guidelines mandates testing for these people. the administration has been harshly criticized for the current shortage of tests, so the lack of testing and new recommendations is also drawing fire, even at top official push back. >> we don't know how our rapid tests perform and how they predict whether you're transmissible at the end of dis disease. >> it is all becoming a muddle at a terrible time. we are right now seeing more case per day than at any point in the pandemic. >> r...

Would have mattered there, jim. i think this has been a months-long process. we have quadrupled the number of tests in the last couple months but we still need hundreds and hundreds of millions more given the demand. and i think we have got a good thing in -- in these tests. but there won't be enough in many places to get us through the most trying time and particularly the holidays. >> and how concerning is it that the fda is now saying these antigen tests, these at-home antigen tests may be less sensitive to picking up the omicron variant? that's a major piece of the strategy to keep schools...

Affected by this with delays. we're damned if we do and we're damned if we don't. the economy is going to suffer and the workforce is going to suffer, more kids are going to get sick. there is absolutely no way to keep omicron out of the schools. no way. it's more transmissible, it passes through and looks just like a cold and what we're going to be relying on is testing in addition to the standard practices of masking, social distancing and hand hygiene. but the testing that we're using, these antigen tests at home, simply are not sensitive enough to keep omicron out of our schools. even if t...