here in the united states even though there is some immunity involved with getting over covid or having a testing option. germany calls that the 3g s. the third is a rapid test. a rapid test may be the most predictive of all that you re not contagious or infectious but germany, as you know, under the new incoming chancellor may be about to go to a more superimposed vaccine mandate and lockdown. so these are shifting terrains, but i think the question is how do you get people to comply, how do you get people comfortable without them quitting their jobs. mike: we have a reporting on a new variant out of south africa, concerns about it spreading, hitting young people. what do know about it, how concerned are you? i ve said before i m not a was concerned about these variantses of concern, but these this one, b11529, does concern me. i ll tell you why. it s got 32 mutations in the protein which is how the virus spreads, and in the province around johannesburg, there s
maybe we would have to look at three shots but the real challenge at the moment for the country is not getting people to get a third shot, for people to get a first shot of the americans who declined were refused to be vaccinated so far. that is the reason that kobe continues to be serious, if you look at the hospitalization rates people who are hospitalized getting very sick from covid are overwhelming from the people haven t gotten the first shot. that has been the focus of the administration s efforts but i think were moving toward the point where it ll be the standard not to. some people forget there is a testing option if your against the vaccines. you can go into testing regime, you d have to get tested a lot but that s a possibility. it should be an option.
three shots but the real challenge at the moment for the country is not getting people to get a third shot, for people to get a first shot of the americans who declined were refused to be vaccinated so far. that is the reason that kobe continues to be serious, if you look at the hospitalization rates people who are hospitalized getting very sick from covid are overwhelming from the people haven t gotten the first shot. that has been the focus of the administration s efforts but i think were moving toward the point where it ll be the standard not to. some people forget there is a testing option if your against the vaccines. you can go into testing regime, you d have to get tested a lot but that s a possibility. it should be an option.
others have said that the government does have the ability to make sure that workplace environments are healthy. yeah, and the law is pretty clear here, ayman. and it s disappointing to me. i hate to bash courts as being politically motivated. the law has been clear the government can take action to mandate vaccines, and in this case there s even a testing option in addition to a vaccine people can choose from. it empowers osha which regulates workplaces to impose this either vaccine or testing requirement if there are more than 100 employees. supreme court president is very clear. what s especially disappointing here the fifth circuit, a very conservative circuit has said, you know, the issues here are complicated so we re going to put a halt, an injunction in place against this law until we can sort it out. this is the very same sort, ayman, that said we re not going to do that with regard to sb8, the texas abortion case when there s all kind of complicated issues there.
others have said that the government does have the ability to make sure that workplace environments are healthy. yeah, and the law is pretty clear here, ayman. and it s disappointing to me. i hate to bash courts as being politically motivated. the law has been clear the government can take action to mandate vaccines, and in this case there s even a testing option in addition to a vaccine people can choose from. it empowers osha which regulates workplaces to impose this either vaccine or testing requirement if there are more than 100 employees. supreme court president is very clear. what s especially disappointing here the fifth circuit, a very conservative circuit has said, you know, the issues here are complicated so we re going to put a halt, an injunction in place against this law until we can sort it out. this is the very same sort, ayman, that said we re not going to do that with regard to sb8,