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Pregnancy tests are a little bit like antigen tests. if a pregnancy test says you're pregnant, you're pregnant. right. you're pregnant. >> yes. >> you probably shouldn't question that. you're pregnant. but do you remember if you read the instructions, if it says you're not pregnant, mm, maybe, maybe not. you might not be producing enough hormone to kick it off, but if you wait a few days, maybe you will be and it will be positive. a negative test is not always right that is the case with these antigen tests. so let's take a listen to dr. anthony fauci on this topic. >> what the fda is saying t...

Next winter, it pwhrb blunted compared to this winter. that will continue to be true. >> dr. offit, we are talking about what last winter looked like, this winter, and hopefully we will talk about next winter. rapid testing is hard to come by. they go to stores and can't find one. we have to go to multiple stores. are you surprised we are still struggling to get access to that and to make that affordable and accessible to everyone? >> yes. my sister, who lives in london, brought with you a packet of antigen tests provided by her country for free. there is no reason we couldn't have done that. ...

Numbers of children are hospitalized for covid-19, some school districts will start with online learning including in atlanta which announced on saturday the first week back from the holidays will be virtual. it's the third largest school district in the atlanta metropolitan area to make that move. all atlanta public school staff members are required to report to their work places on monday for covid-19 testing, according to statement. >> 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 ...

Been produced. both the lab-based tests, the pcrs, but also the antigens. and the really good news, and that's why this what happened today is important, but the really good news is that with omicron, antigen tests and dr. redline will tell you, there's a lot of false negatives, but they can help you know whether you are positive with covid or not. it's a good way of dealing with outbreaks. surveillance testing, the pcr testing, is a good way of being table to see where our schools are. that's why we're begging parents, please consent to it so we can do 10% of testing for kids throughout the c...

Kingdom incorporated them into their guidelines if they were available. but we don't have enough. >> can i ask you about something else that dr. walensky said this morning to kaitlan. she said the decision to change the guidance, quote, had a lot to do with what we thought people would be able to tolerate. end quote. what do you make of that? >> well, who are the -- who are the people she's talking about? is it industry? we heard about industry reaching directly, particularly the airline industry, reaching directly out to the cdc to try and get them to shorten isolation because we're running o...