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Sure that you're using cites of care for the purposes they're intended. so, please, please do not show up in the emergency room for a covid test if you're mildly ill. if you're sick enough, absolutely, want to care for you in the emergency room setting, but we need to use those tight resources right now to the maximal capacity. >> reporter: her advice, if you have symptoms, act like you have covid, stay at home, isolate, save those testing resources for those who need it. maybe even health care workers who need a test, who need to know if they can come back, instead of being in that emergency ...

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Long as a person has no symptoms -- and this is key -- wears a mask for the next five days. listen. >> it just makes sense if you keep them out for five days, keep them isolated for five days, then get them back doing their job, doing their work, keeping a mask on to protect themselves from infecting other individuals. >> so meantime, testing in the united states hasn't kept pace with the spread of the virus. wait times in some cities are well over two hours due to increased demand and a shortage of testing resources. the virus appears to be infecting more children than ever now as well. pedia...

Message to residents is to use layered mitigation strategies. the first one being a safe and effective vaccine, all people 5 years and older should be getting vaccinated if they haven't been and getting a booster and now is the time to do exactly that. >> the other thing you announced today that i mentioned in the intro is that you now have a vaccine mandate for government workers. a vaccine mandate without a testing opt out. why? >> well, we put a vaccine mandate, an absolute mandate in place for health care workers and school personnel a couple of months ago, as well as everybody else in the...

Large gatherings. one thing that the federal government can do is provide significant support for testing, to be able to get testing resources where we need them. that's going to be hard to do in a matter of weeks. some of that will take longer, but it's that old saying, when's the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, but the second best time is today. and the second best time to get testing improved is starting today. and then i think that there are a number of things that can be done with financial incentives to help businesses and other parts of our community that would be impacted b...