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Regularly submitting these test results? or is this a one-time policy? >> it is a one-time policy for the break. we anticipate that we can use it in future breaks. we have another february winter break and we have a break for spring obviously. and we're thinking as long as we have the testing capability, which we do, i'm very proud of my team for producing and sending out over 100,000 at-home tests just last week and we will have 6 million that we're going to deploy in our schools for our frontline workers. >> i want to commend you for sending out the free tests. that's something critical, the...

On what the economic conditions are like early next year. >> appreciate that, josh. let me go over to gary who is dealing with testing in d.c. as good as any place to go to figure out these days of the testing capacity. what are you finding? >> hey, chuck. you know, we've seen over the past holidays over the past two years there's been lines at testing sites every holiday and this is no different before christmas here. we're seeing lines here in d.c. and around the country and d.c. is seeing, as you know, 3,000 cases just this weekend alone of coronavirus. it's a 350% change just from two week...

Very long lines of people that are lining up to get a test. 30 degrees yesterday in new york. some people waited up to four hours as reported on the daily podcast this morning from "the new york times." the frustration of not being able to get a test is at a fever pitch. especially as people want to get back to seeing their family this christmas in a few days, many of them one, they've listened to the experts and want to be safe and get a test to make sure they'll protect their loved ones at home. they can't get a test. the store is all out. now they'll send tests to people in january and mid-...

Clinical purposes. testing is really a fundamental tool for our public health response. routine regular repetitive testing which i've advocated in schools k-12 twice a week where students can go to school, they can stay in school and twice a week they get tested. those students that are not infected stay in school, those students that are infected we find the silent epidemic, pull it out of the school and move forward with schools that do have a case with what we call test and stay rather than sending people home. this is going to require significant testing capability. unfortunately, as we sf...

What should i do? if you're not boosted, get boosted. is that your advice? >> absolutely, chris. there is no doubt about that. the data are overwhelmingly strong in that direction. no doubt about it. >> there are two other things to consider here. one is testing. there is reporting today that the white house is a little concerned about testing capacity. i have already started to see anecdotally that we have higher transmission here in new york city, longer lines for testing. it is very hard to catch up to exponential threads with the linear systems of human markets and institutions as we have ...