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. millions of families across the country are preparing to send their children back to school and worrying about what happens if there is a covid outbreak. health experts say cases in schools really are inevitable. jacqueline howard joins us now live from atlanta with steps the school districts should follow, jacqueline, if and when that happens. >> thats right, john, most schools are scrambling to get their plans in place, especially with the delta variant circulating, but most schools seem t...

Welcome back. in arkansas, 168 students and three teachers are in quarantine after their first week of school and with the delta variant spreading across the country, health experts say we can expect to see more covid outbreaks in schools this fall. jacqueline howard has more. >> reporter: schools ive talked to take different approaches. some schools are still working with local health departments to develop an outbreak plan. and they realize that they are working down to the wire. but with the ...

Acutely aware of how serious this potentially could get, especially with the delta variant circulating, literally almost everywhere now. however, they are taking a very significant number of precautions, and... it is possible that we could have you know, an increase in cases because of this. but more likely, because of the precautions that they are taking, no spectators, testing everyone continuously, and insisting on vaccinations, at least amongst the players. i think that will reduce the risk....

>> john: but first a spike in code cases sparking concern and confusion. the governor says the delta variant is whats driving at. doctors say the strain is highly transmissible and thats why los angeles officials are now telling people to mask up indoors even if they are vaccinated, which directly contradicts guidelines from the centers for disease control. >> gillian: as we approach the holiday weekend now with tens of millions of americans prepping to travel, can we put some of this confusion ...

Issue, geoff, because people are very much against asking for proof of vaccination, but there is a dangerous variant out there circulating, and a lot of the country is not vaccinated or protected. my own belief is that it is going to be very helpful in terms of keeping the public safe, and a question of politics on some level. i with the delta variant circulating and increasingly circulating, and my recommendation that we should be checking vaccination, and for all of the reasons that i want to ...

The virus gets inside body, they might even test positive a breakthrough infection. but the idea that it wont replicate -- i want to show you this graph from florida. even if you are an unvaccinated person living around primarily unvaccinated people, thats a big problem. thats the line in red. you see the delta variant is growing faster in those areas where its primarily unvaccinated people. if you were an unvaccinated person living among a lot of vaccinated people, there may still be the delta ...