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Its understood the policy is now being reconsidered with a view in government that the landscape has changed because the omicron variant has not proved as serious as the delta wave, during which the policy was first drawn up. ministers will meet today to decide whether to continue with the plan. its understood no final decisions have yet been made. the risk is that nhs chiefs, whove tried to defend it will feel undermined by any u—turn, and there will be demands for care home staff in england ...

That answer should always be, "yes, of course ive been vaccinated and you should, too." there is no wriggle room ethically for doctor or a nurse or anybody talking to patients. its understood the policy is now being reconsidered with a view in government that the landscape has changed because the omicron variant has not proved as serious as the delta wave, during which the policy was first drawn up. ministers will meet today to decide whether to continue with the plan. its understood no final de...

Coming weeks. the decision to lift those mandates is due in part to high vaccination rates and fewer infections. in california where an indoor mask requirement has been in place for two years now, the government cited a 65% drop in cases since the height of the omicron surge. numbers have dropped in the past two weeks and theyre at 1/3 of the peek we saw three weeks ago. but more people are dying each day from omicron than during the delta wave. the former head of the cdc said it may be too earl...

With front—line nhs workers. so thats the principle source of frustration. at derby and other hospitals, they say theyll continue to urge staff to get vaccinated, to help protect patients. its a privilege and an honour to work in the health servicel and look after patients, _ and one of those stipulations for me is, i have to be vaccinated in order to do that. - a similar policy mandating vaccinations for those working in social care in england was imposed. it was predicted thousands would lea...

Large surge, and its going to become the common cold. certainly all of us hope thats true. if omicron has taught us anything, after the delta wave -- delta was so much more contagious. many of us thought whatever came next would be based off delta. omicron came out of left field, a whole different branch of the covid family tree. i think really the issue is -- and peter hotez has spoken to this as well as other experts, until we get a high level of vaccination everywhere around the world and we ...

Higher than last falls delta wave. >> we have been trying to scream at the top of our lungs to say how bad it is. >> reporter: hospitalizations are down nearly 5% nationwide, but almost all americans live in a high-risk area. >> i think all over the country theres this incredible fatigue. we thought this would be over by now. >> reporter: healthcare workers are still on guard. dr. jeremy faust of bostons brigham and womens hospital. do you fear there will be more spspikes and surges ahead? >> i ...

Stage to an endemic stage. 2,500 deaths a day does not signify an endemic. were seeing significant stresses on the hospital system. while we have to have the considerations in our mind, now is not the disciple to make sudden changes. >> lets drill down on schools. okay, so the cdc told cnn that that is -- it still recommends universal masking for all in schools. how do officials in states like new jersey or delaware decide what to do when their governors drop those masking rules. who should they...

Same thing. cases were down. hospitalizations were down. we prematurely declared the pandemic was over, and we said that people no longer needed to wear masks. and what soon followed was the delta wave. we have got to follow what has gone on, just a few months ago. if we remove these layers of protection too early, were going to find ourselves in the midst of another wave. lets wait until we can see less deaths. lets wait until we can see less of a stress on the hospital system, before we make c...

At all k through 12 schools. new yorks governor to make an announcement on masks tomorrow. nationwide, hospitalizations have plunged by 55,000 patients since omicrons peak, but more than half of eligible children remain unvaccinated. and 99% of u.s. counties are still seeing high transmission. and new infections are still averaging nearly 250,000 a day, close to the high of previous surges. >> independent of whether there are mandates or not, i think people should reasonably wear masks when they...

Work, sometimes people wear masks, i could get sick doing this job. where is the science on this? because we have passed omicron, is it really safe for these states to be dropping mask mandates? is it a political thing, science thin or money thing? >> ill start by saying its complicated, but i think randi and i are pretty aligned because ive heard her speak about the other places. three things, one, were still in the middle of a pandemic and the cases right now are higher than they were at the p...