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I feel more energetic. reason, or fun. daring, or thoughtful. sensitive, or strong. progress isnt either or progress is everything. >> sandra: this could be good news. a study showing super immuity for those that had covid and break through infections. dr. bob lahida is here with us. i just said we want cheery news. about to end the year and through the holidays.

Protein. so its extraordinary that they can be tweaked over three months and a new vaccine can pop up at any one time based on molecular biology. >> thanks, dr. bob. were all trying to keep our cool through all of this and do the right thing. >> deep your cool, sandra. >> sandra: thank you. glad you acknowledged i have some. supply shortages slamming holiday shoppers. while that means digging deeper in your wallet for christmas dinner, dan springer has why it could mean digging yourself out to g...

Dr. bob lahida. great to see you. people are curious about the latest cdc guidance. weve been saying the messages have been mixed, the rules changed and people dont know what to believe at this point. the issue of the shorter five-day quarantine period in your opinion, good idea or bad idea? >> its a good idea. i think it was silly to keep people isolated without isolation. if you test positive, you stay home for five days. if you have symptoms, you stay home for at least five days. if you have ...

Traveling is stressful. do you agree though with these new restrictions based on the arrival and discovery of this omicron variant? is this necessary? it doesnt even work. >> no, i dont think its necessary. i find it quite onerous. if you have family members flying internationally, its a pain in the neck to try to get testing done. we dont know whether that means anything. you know, theres 121,000 cases of covid. most of it not omicron last week. right now the encouraging data, those that are in...

Everyone. you know, whether if youre an air traveler. if you come across the border, its okay. you have to get a pcr or antigen test. in addition to that, you have to get it within -- i say 24 hours. if you get one yesterday, its good today. even if its longer than 24 hours. citizens as well as folks coming to the u.s. and anyone over two years of age. some people think its too strict. other people say maybe thats what we have to do. well continue to watch it. >> sandra: thanks, jeff. we know yo...

>> neil: do kids need to get vaccinated? a couple of companies have been kicking that around. >> yes, that is important. kids are back in school. its very hard to have kid wear masks as we spoke of in the past. its also hard to keep kids apart. they play with each other. if a parent is infected, infect as child, the child will infect the other children. vaccines around children go back to polio and influenza and thats a population that weve always protected. its a myth to think that children don...