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Dr. steven brody is the associate executive director at kaiser permanente and joins me now from san francisco. doctor, thank you so much for being here with us. many european countries have lifted or are in the process of lifting their restrictions even though some still have high case counts. i mean, theyre saying that the crisis is past and has yet to start living with covid. so when do you think the u.s. can sort of make that pivot toward dealing with it as an endemic disease? are we there no...

Several other governors are considering shifts in school masking guidance. most states do not have masks required in schools. what do you think? is this the right time to remove masking? deaths are still high even though case counts are not. >> well, case counts are still high. >> well, theyre going in the right direction. thats what i meant. im sorry. i misspoke. >> but thats an important point. weve become a little bit sort of numb to how many cases we have. lets talk about new jersey, for ins...

Be controlled. they enjoy the submission. the division, and the snobbery of their government-backed belief. it gives their meekless lives meaning. and a false sense of power over others who wont bow down to the doctrine of the day. and they dual anything to keep this all from changing. so as the case counts dwindle they are cling to this pandemic and the protocols no matter what. look at new york, where a judge just struck down the governors mask mandate. and what is she doing about it? she is f...

There was and is a time and place for pandemic restrictions. but when they were put in, it was always with the understanding that they would be removed as soon as we can. and in this case, circumstances have changed. case counts are declining. also, the science has changed. we know that vaccines protect very well against omicron, which is the dominant variant. everyone 5 and older have widespread access to vaccines and we also know about one-way masking. the idea that even if other people around...

The policies of closed borders and stricter lockdowns in asia did lead to generally a lot of case counts of death and reduced economic impact through 2020 and the first part of 2021. but now that the rest of the world has really much more decisively move towards a stance on living with covid and trying to treat it more like in an endemic disease, albeit quite serious one, asia has been starting to get left behind and they restrictions that still in this region are starting to have an economic im...

Of keeping people safe and protected, even as 0micron perhaps subsides as we go into the winter of this year, so from a full booster. look, i think the data say that we will be able to get out of the pandemic into the endemic phase. when that happens, im not sure. you know, we still see staggering caseloads of 0micron here in the united states, in europe, around the world. death rates remain very high. hospitalisation rates again here in the united states are really at an all—time high today. ...

Pandemic and we ask the president to help have clear guidelines on how we can return to a greater state of normality. >> tomorrow, san francisco, among most covid cautious cities, will slightly ease its strict indoor mask mandate. across the country, average new case counts are falling fast. down 39% from the omicron peak. hospitalizations also falling. >> look what is happening in the u.k. now. it started to come down really fast. and then it got stuck. whether thats because of the new version ...

Down. in some cases, very suddenly, in some cases, theyre coming down more gradually. austria is one of those examples where they have taken a very cautious approach. and they still are. the chancellor announced over the weekend that restrictions would be eased. so the curfew, for instance, on bars and restaurants would be eased, the number of people allowed at gatherings would be eased. theyre even going easier on the unvaccinated. and remember, austria has not been kind to those who have held ...

Vaccinated. all of these states, except for one, you see nevada here, they all have a higher rate than the national average. and three, they emphasized how they were among some of the first to adopt strict measures early on in the pandemic. and the governors i talked to said those strict measures played a role in them seeing the accident declines in hospitalizations and case counts. there are still a few states that never had mask mandates and a handful that went as far as banned school mask man...

Talking to their parents to convince them to get a shot? it will apply when this next group gets the green light as well. >> thats exactly right. what im seeing in my office is that parents are saying, why would i do this? this is a mild illness in children and i think that idea took fruit and its been so hard to tell parents, listen, this is a lottery youre playing each time. your child is vulnerable every day theyre not vaccinated. what i found work is, i understand youre thinking about this. ...