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Are somehow evil or bad. >> becky, i sometimes wonder, you know, if these threats could possibly undermine the quality of education for children. is that a valid concern? >> it is a very valid concern, jonathan. we know that last year just the added pressure for educators, our teachers and school bus drivers -- we cant find school bus drivers now, and other educators who have dedicated their lives to educating americas students -- we know that with these -- the increase in threats against them, ...

Safe and school. its really disheartening, and unfortunately, a feels like our governor here is reporting this motion that mass are somehow bad. >> i sometimes wonder, if these threats, could possibly undermine the quality of education for children. is that a valid concern? >> it is a very valid concern jonathan. we know, that last year, just the added pressure, for educators. our teachers and school bus drivers. we cant find school bus drivers now, and other educators who have dedicated their l...

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Two theyll get tests to make sure they can go to work or test their kid to make sure it is safe for them to be at school. but if it is $15 the willing mess to regularly test yourself dramatically goes down. >> i do want to note there have been $10 billion in federal dollars dedicated to testing but if the administrators cant get their hand on tests the money is useless. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. this goes into our money lead because the coronavirus pandemic remains out of control and bec...

School a little less happy. >> the urgent need for inexpensive, easily accessible coronavirus tests -- >> the level of agreement should show you what a big issue this is. it was said at one point it is the only thing everyone on the committee adpgrees on is this ia huge issue. the biden administration has said it is a key component in getting kids back into classrooms and biden included it in his six part plan in combatting coronavirus the delta variant. senators today what we heard from them is...

And train the next generation of teachers. >> its all hands on deck. we have the right policy and we have to make sure that were making bold decisions to let that happen. >> the nations largest school system, new york city is requiring the bulk of its workers to show proof of vaccination. union leader theres are warning of employee shortages and others from states with lower vaccination rates say vaccine mandates there would create major problems in their school districts. >> we cant shut down a...

Then eventually something before the end of the year. >> reporter: the 5 to 11-year-old children in pfizers trial were given two smaller doses of the vaccine than those given to those 12 and older. the company says the smaller doses producedntibody responses that were comparable to those seen in older people who received the full doses. the vaccine also cause similar side effects to tho seen in adults, including arm soreness and fatigue. >> younger children are less apt to be infected, but we al...

Nowhere has the debate over the future of the pandemic been so heated as in schools where parents and administrators clashed over mask mandates and bus driver shortages and vaccine requirements new york city announced overnight that teachers and staff would have until the end of the week to get vaccinated after a federal appeals court green lighted the mandate. >> i think they should get vaccinated our kids are in there. they have to be held accountable. >> reporter: less than a quarter of ameri...

Of them are younger women and they are concerned about their families and having babies and you might say thats appropriate or not but they dont want to get the vaccine because they want to have kids. to crystals point she might want the vaccine and think its great. we also believe in america people should be able to make those choices for themselves. if crystal you are vaccinated you are safe. let someone else make the choice for themselves whether or not they want to get vaccinated. it is call...

Hot button issue because even up until this point, thousands of teachers have been unvaccinated, and the big concern moving forward, come tuesday morning, was potential for shortages and you know, to fill this void, what would they do? and a lot of administrators were concerned. they said they needed a bit more time to prepare and get more teachers vaccinated. however, mayor bill de blasio came out saying that, look, during the pandemic, they were able to staff up and have the additional resourc...