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Because i think its legal and absolutely vital for the health of the country. >> dr. gounder, i want to talk about the cdc messaging issues and how much of this is on the cdc or how much of this is on the white house. look, weve seen just in the month of december, i want to put up here, on december 20th, we were told to stay home until after ten days have passed since your positive viral test. a week later people with covid-19 should isolate for five days, no mention of whether you should test n...

Experts say cloth masks provide very little protection against the omicron and delta variants >> those two variants are more transmissible, and that is why were recommending that people wear a higher quality mask. >> reporter: meanwhile, insurance companies will now pay for everyone to receive eight at-home test kits per month. most experts say the antigen tests are very accurate though you could get a false negative in the first 48 hours of infection. >> if you have symptoms and you have a nega...

Four tests per household, is that going to make a difference? >> well, youre making a good point, jose. and ill also point out, that even after you order those tests, its probably going to be seven to ten days before those tests arrive. i think nobody knows exactly whats around the corner. its likely there are some areas that will be past the peak of omicron and significantly improve by the time those tests become available. but in other parts of the country, there still may be a significant dem...

Therefore you can go out but you must wear a mask and the reason for wearing a mask is that it is possible that if you didnt wear a mask, you could transmit it. thats the reason for wearing a mask. >> i think it makes some people nervous to be around people who could be carriers, even in a mask especially given the chance -- transmissibility of omicron. many are depending on the antigen tests. you can get a lot of false positives or false negatives from those. what is your advice when it comes t...

Listening because i think the antigen tests are giving people a false sense of security. youre saying the pcr test is the most impactful and effective and accurate, correct? >> it is correct, but there is a place, a good place, a reasonable place and appropriate place for the antigen testing and i just described what that was. >> right. okay. so i have a lot of people who in my life who have recently been infected who tested positive for covid-19. how do they know if they have the delta variant,...

Tests or our antigen tests and here comes delta, and here comes omicron. and i think one of the biggest political land mines for democrats and those in leadership positions is figuring out how to manage a novel virus that keeps mutating and there is always the risk that something else is going to come along and theyre going to have to reinstate a mask policy. now, that wouldnt be such a big deal if the question of masking specifically wasnt a sort of political hot potato, right? if we could just...

Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Effingham County Health Department (ECHD) announces 14 new cases of COVID...

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The Thames Valley District School Board is recommending masks continue to be worn. In a letter sent out to fam...

Starting this week, free PCR and antigen tests are being offered to people in the community