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And now young ken is they fight, they see injustice and they fight for whats right. and larry hogan is just you hes another one of these these republicans that cares more aboutcans being likedna and cares more about being nicel and personable and getting. on the sunday shows and actually doing his job rather the washington post is reporting that cases if you shre about case counts are plummeting in d.c. and in montgomery county. but instead of having a set of metrics that would automatically tri...

Democratic led states who are breaking with the cdc on this guidance that they are not -- that they are throwing science away and the cdc has -- >> we dont look at it through that prism. these states i think its important to note they still allow for decisions to be made by local school districts. >> the white house is trying to avoid criticizing members of their own party. the cdc says the data doesnt support relaxing restrictions at this time. but thats not what medical experts are saying on c...

The ebb. alabama, the only state where case counts are climbing. alabama also has the lowest percentage of fully vaccinated people in this country. about half of americans eligible for a booster havent gotten one. 80% of people got vaccinated but for some reason, not boosted. >> i dont have an easy explanation for that. thats one of the reasons why we keep trying to put the data out. >> reporter: like the benefits of the booster in significantly reducing your chance of death. israeli researchers...

Canada said five members of its olympic team were placed in protocols since arriving in beijing. not clear if theyre in quarantine. brazil is announcing the covid cases, 200,000 compared 228,000 the day before. germany health minister said covid numbers are lower than the measures already in place. it comes as german lawmakers debate whether or not to enforce a vaccine mandate. all right. lets bring in scott mclean live in london. scott, fewer cases expected in germany, but that doesnt quite tel...

Doesnt have its place for children. when there are very high rates of hospitalization, if we get a new variant in the future that children are particularly susceptible to, we may want to bring masks back. but we should also be honest and say that masking has had a cost, especially for the youngest learners in people with english as a second language, children with learning disabilities. there has been a cost to them. so the risk-benefit calculation has really changed. >> i think its important wh...

Case counts are declineing and science has changed, responsibility should shift from government mandate imposed from the state or local district and shift to individual responsibility by the family. >> ashley: it is constant shifting. you cant keep track of what they say, does this have something to do with the midterm? >> joe: oh, ashley, science has not changed whatsoever, political calculation has changed. ive watched that medical analyst on cnn for the past two years. she has been as pro-mfk...

You know was raging across the country. in many places omicron is getting to be in the rear view. what is the outlook, do you believe, for lets say february, march, april, as you talk about you want to continue to forge ahead and look ahead? >> well, theres always uncertainty to we will never put too much emphasis on one month but we are seeing positive developments on case counts and hospitalizations on come cron. we know people need to get vaccinated, boosted and as we do that we can hopefully...

Joining us to discuss, the dean of the brown university of public health, if analyzing waste water can give scientists a clearer and quicker picture of covid infections in a community, should public health professionals go off that data rather than case counts from testing? >> yes, first, thank you for having me back. weve known for almost two years now that waste water is a really good sort of early warning signal. people just start passing it through their g.i. tract. it gets out there and bef...

Hospitalizations on it. but you mentioned this death count. still averaging 2462 of our friends and neighbors, fellow americans dying from covid yesterday. i have -- already have a fourth shot. a fourth shot because im immunocompromised. you got a fourth shot. you think the white house should be doing more to promote fourth shot for which populations? >> from the very beginning, they should have had the third shot the moment the israeli data came in. the reason i got the fourth shot is were in v...

Surveillance approach phins announced in 2020, one that identifieds wastewater. its called the national wastewater surveillance system and including sites. it flags possible future covid surges to get resources into place and to warn hospitals. >> the covid in the waste water comes up before it started coming to the attention in the hospital. really interesting. the reverse is true too. the levels go down before the case counts go down in the local area. so its a really great indicator of whats ...