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Prevent the virus from going from one person to another. the masking. the distancing. avoiding congregant settings. get vaccinated. the vaccination and public health measures will bring the level of virus down so low, you wont give it a chance to mutate. thats what you need to do. >> theres the other side of the coin. the contentious policy that stirs controversy larger than what you think about covid itself. comes back to liberty and the social contract. im talking about the mandates. >> the id...

Congregant settings. what about planes? you dont know because with domestic travel there is no vax requirement on planes. shouldnt there be? why isnt that a proposal? >> the mask wearing on the plane goes a long way to protect you and the filtration system on planes is really quite good. we dont feel is an issue there on a plane, its real testifyly safe particularly if everyone abides by the requirement to wear a mask. its when you travel and the other aspects of traveling. the going to the airp...

Sense. unbelievably fauci is pushing mask wearing even though it is totally developed - - debunked. >> if youre outside in congregant settings, if you do not know the vaccine status of people, then you should be wearing a mask. steve: he knows masks dont stop the virus he sets on the beginning. i dont know we could do about someone who lives like this. the cdc on study published may last year says theres almost no evidence that it works. that is not medical misinformation it is medical fact. it ...

Sense. unbelievably fauci is pushing mask wearing even though it is totally developed - - debunked. >> if youre outside in congregant settings, if you do not know the vaccine status of people, then you should be wearing a mask. steve: he knows masks dont stop the virus he sets on the beginning. i dont know we could do about someone who lives like this. the cdc on study published may last year says theres almost no evidence that it works. that is not medical misinformation it is medical fact. it ...

Needed to deal with omicron. thats one of the things they have been gauging. so the vaccine regimens that are currently available, they find to be effective. theyre also talking about boosters being a useful tool. so expect the president to advocate for more of that. the white house has been saying that while certainly they would like more people to get their first doses of that kind of part of the population that has not gotten vaccinated at all, theyre pleased that theres been a million booste...

Everyone should be vaccinated, and you should get boosted if you can. and maybe test the day of. how do you think about it? >> well, the situation is, and lets just take a scenario. you have a family setting. youre vaccinated. your family members are vaccinated. and even if the children who are yet too young to get vaccinated, go have an enjoyable thanksgiving in your home. you dont need to wear a mask. the situation is that when you are outside in indoor congregant settings where you do not kno...

Of entry, and must be placed in congregant settings, which, um, as i think we all understand, precipitate or could precipitate a significant spread of the disease. the system is not built for that in a covid environment where isolation is required if, um, one is going to follow the medical protocols. ainsley: lets break that down for you, one in five of them are ill. steve: if you believe that number. brian: they might not have fevers. they just could have bad achilles tendons. but, here is the ...

And down. on a political question, i think the biggest failing of the administration in my view was a lack of consistency in terms of how they approached the pandemic. i think there was a view that took hold over time that uncontrolled spread was inevitable and we couldnt intervene with policy to mitigate the spread, so policy really wasnt a solution. i think that was wrong. i think there were things we could do, if we could galvanize the public behind action to slow the spread, buy us more time...

Thats the solution. >> reporter: but after labor day weekend saw big crowds and thousands packed into football stadiums, health officials are bracing for more outbreaks. >> i dont think its smart. i think when youre dealing particularly, you know, outdoors is always better than indoors, but even when you have such a congregant setting of people close together, first, you should be vaccinated and when you do have congregant settings, particularly indoors, you should be wearing a mask. >> reporter...

>> no, i dont think its smart. i think when youre dealing particularly, you know, outdoors is always better than indoors, but even when you have such a congregant setting of people close together, first, you should be vaccinated and when you do have congregant settings, particularly indoors, you should wear a mask. >> good advice, dr. fauci. lets hope more folks listen to it. thank you so much for taking the time this morning. >> thank you for having me, jim. president biden is heading to new ...