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Evolution, we need to pivot pivot to do what s right. remember, we have two crises here. we have the crisis of our economy. and we have the crisis of hope and the crisis of covid. and so, i believe that if there is a dangerous level, our healthcare professionals will inform the current mayor and they will make the right decision. and if until that is taken place, we have one mayor at a time. i keep saying, i believe bill de blasio is doing an amazing job around this crises with his team and he will make the determination on the 31st. i am the mayor on january 1st, and that s when i have to make the decision for this city. you are the mayor on january 1st. a couple weeks from now. irknow you say you weren t looking for any kind of grace period. doesn t seem like you are really going to get one. mr. mayor-elect, good luck to you. if i don t get a chance to talk to you, a have a happy new year. thank you very much. still to come tonight, we have breaking news out of the white ....
State and governor for offering up the nagds national guard as a resource. they will be coming into our cleveland area to help offer access for testing. right now, because we have so many covid cases, there isn t a rapid test to be found. and the pcr tests that are offered generally at testing sites, the wait period is approximately seven days. so the national guard will be helping us by setting up the testing site. i do want to acknowledge we are so grateful for their help but these are also folks with families. and we know they re coming to us, um, during this holiday time at costs to their own personal lives so we are very grateful for their service, but also want to appreciate the sacrifice they are making here. what kind of patients are you seeing in your hospital who have covid? are these mostly unvaccinated. we continue to see most of our patients, particularly the patients in the icus are unvaccinated. i think what felt a little bit perhaps different for me this time havi ....
Don t do that, then the long-term impacts on our economy, our children, and our families is going to be greater than covid can ever do. look, i am sure you have seen long lines for testing around the city. they were everywhere. i mean, it s very hard to get a test at a drug store, one of the instant tests, you have to wait for hours if you want a pcr test. what are you going to do to make testing more available? well, number one, let s not look at the downsides. let s look at the opportunity. let me tell you what s going to happen in this city and country. just as we were able to find a vaccine in a short period of time, we are going to find a faster way to do testing. you are going to see the great minds of americans and global ingenuity come up with a faster way. you are going to find times where people are going to be able to wear a mask, and determine if someone has covid. this is going to open our creativity. out of crisis, come creativity. let s stop with the woe is me ....
Increase, likely. but we have to be prepared. and we must understand that covid is here, it s going to be here with us. and we must learn to live with it in a smart way and that s what we are going to do in new york. what does that mean, live with it in a smart way? well, think about it. uh, i was on the ground during 9/11 when the terrorist attack crippled our world trade center. and we were terrorized. we were afraid. many people did not want to go back to work, and felt as though our city would never recover. clearly, covid is not terrorism but it has brought terror. people are afraid to go back to work. they are afraid to go back out. we just spent almost $11 trillion in our economy. we can t do that again. so, it means doing smart things, getting vaccinated, getting your booster shots, making sure you do the social distancing, making sure you do the smart, simple things that s needed so we can combat covid in a real way. our cities must return and if we ....
2022, don t know how much longer people in america are going to deal with what is coming out of this white house with the restrictions with everything involving covid. reporter: we spoke earlier back to march and april of 2020, everything going on right now and can t say this is a democrat versus republican thing. if you look at the numbers of those who are vaccinated it is not even split, we are on the higher side of vaccination rates. todd: vaccinated individuals are not only coming down with breakthrough cases but also spreading it to the unvaccinated. we will see. this will be a tough next couple weeks. hopefully we come out of it well on the other side. means, fox news alert multiple police officers shot in the line of duty in philadelphia. and officer hit in the shoulder ....