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Well beyond the two hours the court has allotted for them and also clear that the left leaning justices, the left wing of the court seems very unpersuadeable when it comes to the first mandate. the workplace mandate with employers for 100 or more employees. here is what kagan said moments ago. >> more and more people are getting sick every day. i'm stating facts. this is the policy that is most geared to stopping all of this. there is nothing else that will perform that function better than incentivizing people strongly to vaccinate themselves. >> she says getting people vaccinated is the best...

University school of public health and served as assistant secretary of labor for the occupational safety and health administration from 2009 to 2017. and joyce vance, former u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama and professor at the university of alabama school of law and msnbc legal analyst. joyce, starting with you, today justice sotomayor asked the difference between a workplace mandate and sparks flying with worker having to wear masks. is there a legal difference? >> to the newly conservative majority 6-3 court it appears there is not and had a lot less to do with the need t...

Masks. those are the measures we have today to decrease the spread of omicron, which, unfortunately is very highly contagious but not so virulent. so very few people, especially people who are vaccinated, will die. people, i think, dr. walensky was 100% right. people have to get vaccinated, they have to get vaccinated not just for themselves but for their kids and for the community. if we get those cases down, we can do everything safer. and that's the critical element. >> and there are still millions of americans who haven't been vaccinated and throughout this pandemic you've spoken out in fa...

But also in that case, the conservatives are expressing skepticism about -- essentially what they're saying is covid is not just a workplace issue. it's a thing that affects everybody. so is the workplace mandate the right solution here? >> ken, get out of that wind. get out of these weird conditions. thank you, sir. appreciate it. let me bring in sarona hoffman from case western university. i know you've been following the arguments as well. our reporter there, ken, is that the sense you got here, that there's a bit more skepticism from the conservatives including john roberts who is sort of ...

Essential workers, postal workers, food deliveries from a personnel, we need to make sure they are prioritized and those with underlying medical condition should be first in line to get a test if they have heart disease, lung disease, diabetes and obesity because they are the one most at risk of severe complications. so we need to do the best we can to accommodate until we can get the supply that we need as you know. we have been struggling the past month since omicron hit. i've never seen the changes in the amount of test available for my patients. >> shannon: i know it is difficult to track ...