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>> explain why. >> part of it is testing isn't readily available everywhere. sometimes when you get a test, you have to wait a few days until you get the result. third if the test is a pcr test, you can be positive with pcr for a few months even though you're no longer contagious. the thinking was obviously if you have covid, stay until you're completely asymptommatic which will mean if you're shedding virus would be a virus would be much lesser. >> i think you're touching on an important part which is what a lot of people are missing is the evolving understanding of how we can and should use ...

A positive lateral flow. you will still have to isoalte! with me now our head of statistics, robert cuffe. so, lateral flows are so, lateralflows are being so, lateral flows are being seen as good as ecrs?— so, lateral flows are being seen as good as ecrs? they haven't changed but theirjob — good as ecrs? they haven't changed but theirjob has _ good as ecrs? they haven't changed but theirjob has become _ good as ecrs? they haven't changed but theirjob has become much - but theirjob has become much easier, if you test 1000 people at random, lateralflowsjust easier, if you test 1000 people a...

Factor in that and that given international travel testing isn't playing a useful role but is having a negative impact on passengers and on the industry, we are asking government to look carefully at removing those tests and to communicate that and confirm it as soon as possible. pare communicate that and confirm it as soon as possible.— communicate that and confirm it as soon as possible. are you saying its not havin: soon as possible. are you saying its not having an _ soon as possible. are you saying its not having an effective _ soon as possible. are you saying its not having an effectiv...

>> yeah. if you can make sure that your immunity is durable that would go towards the broader protection for the country or the society. it's a really challenging question in part because of the fact that we have not been testing that much in the country. how many people in the country had covid? we can't answer. what percentage have antibodies? you can guess and model that but i don't think we would have a clear cut answer. how protected are people that had covid at the beginning of the year and now? i don't think people know the answer bah the testing isn't there to verify they have antibodi...

A significant challenge, especially in those parts of the country where schools are reopening, and there's concern. what has been largely limited to the south and in states like florida, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, might now become more prevalent as younger individuals go back to schools, might face the delta variant themselves. >> doctor, i am guessing you have a positive response to more regular testing in schools. testing isn't going to hurt anybody. is that enough or should we see more vaccine mandates like what they talk about possibly having a vaccine mandate for school kids in l.a....