one person but this mirrors what is being reported out of south africa, the sickest patients are the unvaccinated. that s a very reassuring sign and there are also reinforcements that importance of going out and getting your booster if you are six months from that primary series of vaccines. doctor, testing is a critical part of identifying a new variant, but that s still a major problem in the u.s. how concerning is that? it s not just a problem, it is a problem that has gotten considerably worse over the last couple of months as the number of those large mass testing centers have shut down. so what i m telling folks is there are two things you can do. the first is if you are symptomatic, you can use one of those rapid antigen tests that can be bought at any drugstore. they re not perfect, but they re a good, initial screening test. after that, pharmacies, places like cvs and walgreens are often the best place to go to get a pcr. the other part is trying to find
variant, but that s still a major problem in the u.s. how concerning is that? it s not just a problem, it is a problem that has gotten considerably worse over the last couple of months as the number of those large mass testing centers have shut down. so what i m telling folks is there are two things you can do. the first is if you are symptomatic, you can use one of those rapid abntigen tests that can be bought at any drugstore. after that, pharmacies, places like cvs and walgreens are often the best place to go to get a pcr. the other part is trying to find out whether or not what you have is regular covid or comicron. they can be a quick and dirty test for the health department and you may never find the variant you have. isolate if god forbid you have a positive test.