and remains a real problem. but for some reason, that part of it never gets discussed and suddenly it s out. by the way, the cdc released new guidance for testing that i think is only going to confuse a lot of people more. as noted in the labeling for authorized over-the-counter antigen tests, negative result should be treated as presumptive negative results. they do not rule out a covid-19 infection. dr. risch, so negative doesn t mean negative? well, i m not exactly strong on the whole testing regime anyway. the whole point of this is cases only know what population of the community you have. they do not count how well you are managing the pandemic. the advantage of the pandemic by reducing hospitalization, by reducing deaths. that is all that matters. so the people have to be treated as high-risk and otherwise, they do well. there was a lot of over-the-counter stuff that
but for some reason, that part of it never gets discussed and suddenly it s out. by the way, the cdc released new guidance for testing that i think is only going to confuse a lot of people more. as noted in the labeling for authorized over-the-counter antigen tests, negative result should be treated as presumptive negative results. they do not rule out a covid-19 infection. dr. risch, so negative doesn t mean negative? anymore? well, i m not exactly strong on the whole testing regime anyway. the whole point of this is cases only know what population of the community you have. they do not count how well you are managing the pandemic. the advantage of the pandemic by reducing hospitalization, by reducing deaths. that is all that matters. so the people have to be treated as high-risk and otherwise, they do well. there was a lot of over-the-counter stuff that helps. so, the cases really don t count anymore.
coming in the uk. also changes to the testing regime as normal, as the prime minister confirmed and outlined in the house of commons of. thanks to the size of the wave, we still need thanks to the size of the wave, we still need to thanks to the size of the wave, we still need to take steps to ensure our capacity reaches those who need it most, our capacity reaches those who need it most, so our capacity reaches those who need it most, so we will suspend the need to do it most, so we will suspend the need to do a it most, so we will suspend the need to do a pcr it most, so we will suspend the need to do a pcr to confirm the result of a positive to do a pcr to confirm the result of a positive lateral flow test. from next a positive lateral flow test. from next tuesday in england, if you test positive, next tuesday in england, if you test positive, you should record that result positive, you should record that result on positive, you should record that result on gov.
wanting to have a robust testing regime, if you tested somebody that were positive, it drove the number up. omicron exploded, we were equipped. there were lines all over new york city and all over the country. i must say it was shocking that the biden administration allowed it to happen. how do we make sure this never happen again? i still can t understand it was virtually impossible to go to healthcare office to go to an urgent care to get any kind of tests or even purchase a rapid test over the counter at a local drugstore and still today we can t get in so many places of
order to get past omicron. what we re suggesting is that s for this immediate moment but you need to plan today for three months from now so we are not caught in the same problem. i think one of the problems we have with the testing regime is we didn t plan in june/july for how to properly use at-home tests, mixed with pcrs and make sure that the whole system was operating smoothly, and then connecting it to any potential therapies we had at that time, the monoclonal therapies. so, if we plan today, we won t have a recurrent or shouldn t have a recurrence of this these shortages and things in the next few months. dr. ezekiel manuel, really appreciate it. thank you. thank you. again, supreme court heard oral arguments today on vaccine mandates. joining us now, jeffrey toobin and chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. jeff, you heard oral arguments. the question from the justices today. what way do you think they are leaning? it went badly for the biden