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Tests, the gold standard, it will find remnants of virus. you could still be positive long after you are no longer contagious. the rapid antigen tests people often take at home, those are the ones more likely to answer the questions people are asking. am i still contagious? that's the answer that a lot of people are wanting. they feel fine, but they want to know if they're still contagious in the cdc should be promoting those types of tests. they talked about 500 million of these tests going out. we need them, more than that ultimately, but that would be a start. >> what is the latest that you...

These patients and try to get them connected to the care resources they need. again, you don't want to get long covid. any time you're infected with covid, you're putting yourself at risk of that. the best way to prevent that is vaccination. >> dr. long, thank you so much for being with me this morning. there's so many questions about all this evolving -- doctor, i want to ask you -- i was speaking with dr. fauci earlier this week about the possibility that we could be kind of seeing ebb and flow, right, of omicron, delta went down and then omicron hit and now omicron is dropping in most of th...

Two teams because of covid spread. and the nfl postponed three games this weekend. overall, deaths are increasing, nearly half of u.s. states up sharply in seven. that's an increase of 8% from just last week. >> i think we're really just about to experience a viral blizzard. if you look at what happened in south africa, you look at what's happened in europe. in the lex three to petition weeks we'll see a number of americans infected with the virus. >> you're looking at severe illness and death unvaccinated. >> reporter: as with previous surges, the unvaccinated of filling hospitals as weary do...

Staffer. >> the reality is you can't just create humans to provide that care and staffing a challenge everywhere. >> what makes this winter different while omicron may be highly, highly transmissible, vaccinations, especially boosters, can protect you from serious illness. but in a setback to parents of 2 to 5-year-olds, pfizer said two doses of its vaccine did not produce enough immunity. saying they are now testing out three child-size doses. a delay until the second quarter of next year. >> you ought to really get the right dose and the right regimen for the children so although you don't l...

Everywhere. >> reporter: what makes this winter different while omicron may be highly, highly transmissible, vaccinations especially boosters can protect you from serious illness but in a set back for parents 2 to 5-year-olds, pfizer said two doses of the vaccine did not produce enough immunity saying they are testing out three child size doses . a delay until the second quarter for next year. >> you want the right dose and regimen for the children. you don't want a delay, you want to get it right and that's what they're talking about. >> thank you very much for that. appreciate it. i want to ...