time, several months later before the capacity was there to test the community. but as matt hancock told the select committee a little while later, that was the strongest route of transmission. the public inquiry is a good thing, which is looking into this, but it needs to report much quicker if it could because we need to learn lessons from this. and if things did go wrong, we need to learn earlier so we can put things right for the future. it seems rich that it will take several more years before all this comes out if we can investigate this properly. all i can say is i don t think there was a protective ring around care homes at that time, and it s week for the future. ~ ., ., ,, that time, and it s week for the future. ~ ., ., , ., ~ that time, and it s week for the future. ~ ., ., i. ~ .,, future. what do you think was the cost of not future. what do you think was the cost of not having future. what do you think was the cost of not having a future. what do you think was the
complicated that it can t be widespreadly distributed. are the vaccines so technologically advanced to make that there s no access to them? excellent questions. the answer is, testing takes some time to ramp up. and we have to have tests that we know will provide good answers. remember, we went through this with covid-19 at the beginning. you need to have good tests and they need to be accurate so you re getting the right information. this still will take some time. we just don t have the capacity out there. labs need to be able to handle these examples. in terms of the vaccines, we don t have enough vaccine right now. and it s important to remember that the vaccine that s being used is a two-dose vaccine. there s four weeks between doses. and we need to be very, very cautious in terms of suggesting that people can get vaccinated and then just go back to their normal lives. this vaccine will take time to build immunity in individuals who have gotten it. and this is a new route of tra
policies and procedures. cities across the country have declared monkeypox a local health emergency, including san francisco. some local officials say they feel abandoned by the federal government. they want a national public health emergency declared. with me is dr. susan phillip. thanks so much for being here. let s start with that new cnn reporting that some lab techs are refusing to draw blood from potential patients. help us understand the truth versus the fear. is this a virus that s spread through blood, or is it skin to skin contact? the main route of transmission of the monkeypox virus, as we understand it currently, is through skin to skin contact. you know, we have not heard any cases of lab technicians or other medical care providers declining or being afraid of seeing patients with monkeypox in san francisco. i will say that all of us in medical training, lab techs,