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Critical in all this. but we don't have the testing infrastructure in place at this point. >> testing as far as screening testing is concerned can be a little bit difficult to manage. test to stay, jim, however, can be a very effective way to manage the pandemic and schools. and the cdc and we and others have shown that in recent research. >> all right. dr. danny benjamin, we know your research has been critical in all this. thanks very much for your time. we appreciate it. coming up next, new york's mayor elect on the celebration that's still going to happen and what it will take to keep th...

Think when you see how much time and effort, i mean, days there? it still requires in many cases just to get one. how surprised are you? we're still in this boat when it comes to testing? >> joe, what i'll say is i am incredibly disappointed and also appalled we're at this point. we've had two years to amp up testing. and the testing infrastructure in this country, and the fact that people are still waiting in line at this point is unconscionable. i looked out my window this morning at urgent care, at least 50 people in line to get tested. it's encouraging people want to do the right thing. th...

Who had covid-19. the cdc didn't add that criteria, and i think, frankly, they didn't add that criteria because there simply weren't enough tests to allow people to do that. hopefully that's starting to change. we need to use the tests in the proper way. >> do you think that we're relying too much on the pcr tests and we should focus more on the rapid at-home antigen tests? >> they each have their use. the antigen tests are great to tell you when you're sort of done, when you can leave isolation. that's identity deal use for them. the pcr tests are great to detect early, before the antigen tes...

Long-term strategy? >> the white house saying the remarks on thursday will be about the whole of government response to covid-19. so i think you're going to expect to hear more from the president, particularly about these home tests, these 500 million tests that are supposed to be mailed out. the government has just ipged some of the first contracts for those. we haven't seen the website americans are supposed to sign up to get the tests. we're already approaching the middle of the month. they've promised the tests would have activity on them this month. we expect we will hear an update from b...

Happen is at the gym, we will have much better ventilation than they generally have now. they'll have air filters, they will have hepa filters and by the way, the prevalence of covid in the community will be much lower. >> obviously, testing has been a major issue, particularly during this omicron surge. people can't find at-home rapid tests, pcr texts can take several days to get results. what do you think needs to happen to get testing to a better place? >> well first of all, what we were discussing in our articles is not for the immediate time. it is a strategic plan for three to 12 months....