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For more testing. the governor and i have had multiple conversations, so we are in a good, i think, place with both our governor and the white house. but fundamentally, anderson, as you know, there is a shortage of testing nation beside. we are going to provide as much testing as we possibly can but recognizing that, right now, across the country there is a shortage of tests. but even working within those constraints, and we put on the table i think a testing regime that will address a lot of the union's concerns. we had, i think, very productive dialogue today around testing and other issues,...

Right now to get past where we are? >> well, unfortunately, if you vaccinate today, the people who were unvaccinated -- who account for about 75% of the hospitalizations -- it's not really gonna make a big difference over the next month because they need a second shot and then 14 days after the second shot. public health measures that we've mentioned -- better-air quality, masking, not going into crowded-indoor spaces -- those are really important measures in order to get past omicron. what we're suggesting is that's for this immediate moment but you need to plan today for three months from no...

Per person, 32 for a family of four. that's great except you have to be able to get them and after the eight are done, do you get another eight? because where is the testing regime that we are following as a country, only symptomatic or we test everybody? >> i want to swing this a little bit if i can, brett, we talk about the chicago schools are going back to school tomorrow, struck a deal with the chicago teachers' union, thinks kids should be in school, education secretary, the c.d.c., and yet there does not seem to be much pressure towards the teachers' unions. you know it's only a matter o...

Without a good nurse by its side. >> now, let's talk about paxlovid, dr. topol. this really does look encouraging and really does seem like there's two keys here. a testing regime that allows people to know they have covid early so that it can be taken with the onset of symptoms. and a supply and mechanisms of distribution that can meet the need. >> right. well, it's more than encouraging i'd say, chris, because in fact this is the biggest advance we've had since vaccines in the two years of the pandemic. why is this so important? because all the other things we've had, vaccines and monoclonal...

Unvaccinated communities. three, we should get tested. the administration has a challenge. fiu laid out very clearly right before christmas about the failures around the testing. hopefully even if we are to vanish omicron, which all the experts are saying from whomever you may believe. dr. fauci or dr. gottlieb, they believe we are near the end of it. i hope the administration will continue to invest in a testing regime largely because doctors redfield and admiral giroir believe we need that going forward. i hope the people who have made mistakes along the way admit that they have made mistake...