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Relief that will be for families when that happens. lets discuss mercks antiviral pill. a lot of questions out there. no way we can answer them all, but merck says it reduces hospitalization and death by half. how important is that? >> its terrific. i mean, having a pill that actually works for those folks that come into my dr and are a little bit sick, but not sick enough to be hospitalized, that would be tremendous and its something weve been wanting as physicians throughout this pandemic. but...

Jobs, supply chain social outings like restaurants and concert? >> there are multiple ways this can help. the first thing is, if you hard to be something at home cut hospitalization and death, its important because what we are seeing our crisis care scenarios, hospitalized are overwhelmed and icus are overwhelmed and having this treatment available reduces the burden on the healthcare system. that is enormous. of course this also means if you do have a breakthrough case, theres another layer of ...

She made a point to make sure to make friends to anybody. she would wave and say hi to random people, compliment them on their hair or their shirt. she just always thought of others. >> i want to point out, jeff, you have covid right now, you were in the hospital last night. how are you? >> i have a breakthrough case of covid-19. im fully vaccinated but i was in the hospital last night. im here. its too important for me to be here so i want to make sure this doesnt happen to other families. >> a...

The health care industry is split when it comes to vaccine requirements for their employees. Some, like Vanderbilt and Ascension Saint Thomas, make it mandatory. Others leave it up to the individual employee.

Us the tis brett kavanaugh, the first member of the supreme court to test positive for coronavirus. >> ariane de vogue joins us from the supreme court. breakthrough cases, extremely rare for someone to be hospitalized with a serious illness. what do we know about his case and what it needs for the term? >> reporter: right, like you said, he did test positive. he was fully vaccinated, so this probably is a breakthrough case. wed we believe hes the first sitting justice to test positive. a court r...

It was a breakthrough case. we believe this is the first time a sitting justice has tested positive for covid. and the supreme court released just a brief statement. ill read it. they said on thursday for the courts regular testing protocol, justice kavanaugh had a routine covid test ahead of justice barretts investiture on friday. on thursday evening, he was nfred he tested positive for covid-19. he has no symptoms and has been fully vaccinated since january. like you said, they were all here t...

>> sean: im not a doctor, ask your doctor, but my understanding, everything ive read is you need to get it early. i have a friend that was unvaccinated, 74 years old, got it within 24 hours and was fine. 68-year-old wife unvaccinated, fine. one of my best friends, fully vaccinated, breakthrough case, got it in 24 hours, fine. but ask your doctor. let me talk about the lawsuit as it relates to illegal immigration. give us your thinking and do you think its going to be effective? >> jen psaki set ...

Your doctor, but my understanding, everything ive read is you need to get it early. i have a friend that was unvaccinated, 74 years old, got it within 24 hours and was fine. 68-year-old wife unvaccinated, fine.d one of my best friends, fully vaccinated, breakthrough case, got it inn 24 hours, fine. but ask your doctor. let me talk about the lawsuit as it relates to illegal immigration. give us your thinking and do you think its going to be effective? >> jen psaki oh, oh, these republicans, what ...

Witnessed before. >> theyre getting four injections and that usually takes prep time and 15 minutes. >> reporter: kathy rosati has been vaccinated and now is a breakthrough case. >> its bad, i dont want to end up there. i am going to take all the measures i can. >> joining us now, chief medical adviser to the president, dr. anthony fauci. >> dr. fauci, thank you so much for being with us. we are in an area, a county thats not using boosters the way they should. >> i got boosters and theyre going...

Breakthrough case. >> its just bad so i dont want to end up there im going to take all the measures i can. >> reporter: gabe, lets circle back to these mandates i understand there is breaking news regarding mandates in the schools largest school system. >> reporter: yeah. thats right, lester a short time ago a federal appeals court ruled that new york citys vaccine mandate for teachers and staff can move forward. it was set to take effect tonight at midnight, and it applies to more than 150,000 ...