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Patients that are getting very, very sick from omicron. >> you say that any infection symptoms, a runny nose, a sneeze, anything is covid until proven otherwise. >> absolutely. i've seen a lot of talk about people trying to differentiate between a common cold, the flu, and covid. people, this is not for you to do at home. get a test. if your head hurts, if you have a fever, if you have muscle aches, runny nose, whatever it is, it's not your allergies. it's not a cold. it's covid until you have a test saying otherwise. >> and the tests at home, every other day at my house, there is someone who ...

>> well, with the cdc changing recent quarantine and isolation guidelines, there are a lot of questions from people who test positive and need to know just exactly how long do i need to stay home or people who may have had close contact with someone who was covid-positive and although they may not have symptoms, questions surrounding whether they should quarantine. there are a lot of questions that are surrounding this pandemic. all we can continue to do is talk about the facts, talk about the data, reiterate the recommendations as they change because science is evolving and recommendations wi...

>> it's not just omicron. delta is still around, but with how infectious omicron is and how quickly it spreads, there is no doubt in my mind we are going to continue to see this surge get worse as children get back to school. i definitely think it's a great idea to implement a test-negative strategy prior to children returning to school, but testing is an issue right now, not just access to testing but the quality of tests. we're hearing from the fda that the rapid tests currently are not as sensitive to omicron as they were to prior variants. also when you're testing at home, you have to cons...