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New collective bargaining agreements ratified Dec. 21 by the school districts board of trustees provide an 11.3% raise for all employees, retroactive to the July 7 start of the 2021-22

Democratic Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush on Monday confirmed that he had tested positive with a breakthrough case of COVID-19 after having recently received a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine.

Over the place. i think were in store for more delays and cancelations. >> the trouble compounded by heavy snow and ice causing spinouts on the roads. >> theyve been -- we try to make it. >> reporter: for those who raced to get covid tests before gatherings with family, now a new wrinkle. getting home. these widespread delays come as airlines have reached out to the cdc, asking them to reduce the ten-day quarantine for anybody who has a breakthrough case, but the cdc has yet to respond, so for t...

Man but hes got to be stronger. >> well, he is the president of the united states and who surrounds him has to fortify that perception. we will see what the american people think about that. thank you, governor. >> yeah, thank you. thank you, laura. >> more breaking news out there. congressman james clyburn revealing that he has tested positive for covid-19. a breakthrough case. south carolina democratic who is house majority whip says he is fully vaccinated and he is also asymptomatic. this dia...

Stretched. literally breaking. now imagine taking 20% or 30% of the health care workers out because they, too, are infected. >> reporter: doctors stressing people not vaccinated are most at risk for the vaccinated getting boosted reduces your risk further. while just over 61% of the country is fully vaccinated less than 20% has gotten a booster shot. even as a new england journal of medicine study says people vaccinated more than six months ago were more than three times more likely to have a br...

>> were really not seen anything like this before. >> reporter: hospitalizations are up 35% over a month ago. the u.s. now averages nearly 140,000 new covid cases a day and more than 1,200 people are dying each day, on average. and even as early indications suggest omicron may cause milder illness than the delta variant, the sheer number of covid cases could overwhelm already-stretched hospitals. >> one of the things we are very concerned about is in healthcare systems they are already overstret...

For ten days. what katty just said, mika, is so important. boris johnson in britain moved from ten days to seven days based on studies. dr. jha is talking about the isolation period moving from ten days to seven days if youre vaxxed. it is so important for our federal government. we have got to be adaptable. we have to be agile. it is so important. if you have omicron, if youre boosted, if you have a breakthrough case, which a lot of people are getting, youre not going to have serious consequenc...

Democrats alike, dr. patel. on this show, i got a text message from a friend whos got a breakthrough case of covid and this is happening to everyone, right? heres my question. the sort of big takeaways that weve gotten in the last couple of days have been if you are double vaxxed and boosted with a moderna or pfizer vaccine, one of the mrna vaccines, theyre highly effective. first at keeping you out of the hospital and protecting you from severe illness, but also, it is said theyre very effectiv...

Patients for developing severe illness when given within three days of symptoms starting. and man, if that is true, that is big news. lets bring in democratic congressman who this week tested positive for a breakthrough case of covid and former obama white house policy director. while on vacation, sorry about that. youve gone through some hurdles in pandemic era traveling. i want to start with both of you. first, congressman. theres this human scale thing. we talk about the stats and what the do...

Boosted reduces your risk further. while just over 61% of the country is fully vaccinated, less than 20% has gotten a booster shot. even as a new england journal of medicine study says people vaccinated more than six months ago were more than three times more likely to have a breakthrough case of covid than those inoculated more recently. in new york, where more than 70% of fully vaccinated, only about 40% of those eligible have received a booster. there is one potentially positive scientific. >...