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At princeton university when students come back in mid january, they're not allowed to venture out at at least through the middle of february. all princeton students are required to be vaccinated. what do you make of this, eddie? >> i think we have a wonderful and effective testing regime at princeton. we try to create the faculty and staff and the community is made up more of not just simply students and so i think this is important and last segment there was a phrase that was used that we need to focus on. we need to prepare ourselves for a viral blizzard. i think all institutional spaces, i...

Million kids, for example, in new york city or hundreds of thousands of kids in washington or cities across the country where we see people fighting to get into the cvs or walgreens. how do you get a testing regime for a country this big and all these schools? >> well, that's a great question. >> thankfully when the american rescue plan passed, included $10 billion for testing as early as march. there are protocols in place, the rocket foundation rolled up their sleeves. it's not something new and it's not the district is compeing with those looking for tests at cvs. there are tests available ...

Are in a different risk category than children who are vaccinated. most americans have chosen not to vaccinated their kids. but for those persons with kids underage five, that is a different risk calculus. but there are things that we could do to help make the workplace safer for parents, if kids of that age and that includes a good testing regime to make sure when you're coming into the office you're around other people who are testing negative or making sure that people are using masks and washing their hands in the workplace. those things could still matter but it is important for every par...

As you reporting just before i join you, our hospitals are overrun, we have to keep pushing and pushing. the fda has approved those boosters for young students and we'll continue our fight to make sure they are boosted so we can keep them safe. >> eddie glaude. >> hi miss pringle, it's wonderful to talk to you. hade a case of breakthrough covid, i have to admit it put me down. it took me 10 or 12 days and i am still coming out of it. what do you make of a demand for a robust testing regime. some of the things you talked about in terms of ventilation and mitigation strategies and the like, what...

And remains a real problem. but for some reason, that part of it never gets discussed and suddenly it's out. by the way, the cdc released new guidance for testing that i think is only going to confuse a lot of people more. as noted in the labeling for authorized over-the-counter antigen tests, negative result should be treated as presumptive negative results. they do not rule out a covid-19 infection. dr. risch, so negative doesn't mean negative? >> well, i'm not exactly strong on the whole testing regime anyway. the whole point of this is cases only know what population of the community you h...