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Looking regularly at that decision and changing the guidance is necessary. tt’s and changing the guidance is necessary-— and changing the guidance is necessa . �* , , �* , necessary. its interesting, theres been one scientific _ necessary. its interesting, theres been one scientific study - necessary. its interesting, theres| been one scientific study published by the department for education which is saying theres been a mixed results on the effectiveness of face coverings in educationa...

And 8 per person, 32 for a family of four. the problem is right now you cant get them. they are saying theyre coming. but, we are going from trying to get tests and analyzing the effectiveness of tests to everybody gets a test. bret. >> brit: look, not only you cannot get the test, even if you do get the test, they tell you on one day whether you have it. the next day you might have it. so you do, what, 8 tests 8 days maybe? then what? i mean, are we going to test ourselves every day in perpetui...

They are handling the effectiveness which is numerous. that this was just one of them. >> we need to go but be sure to check this out. thank you. a major winter storm is now barreling north after dumping snow on itself. janet dean tracking everything. >> good morning everybody. i knew we were going to get at least 3 inches of snow. i need to be out there and they used to deliver on this part around the bayside queens area. when the sun comes up you are going to be able to see at least 5 inches o...

Shot of j&j and six months later received a booster shot and looked at how that worked in terms of vaccine effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations. they found the effectiveness at preventing hospitalizations increased to 85% one to two months out from the booster. and, you know, again, this is very contemporaneous data. this is in the omicron era. so it provides a lot of confidence for how j&j may perform right now. and of course here in the united states, the standard, the recommendation h...

Washing — and outside air and over time the washing tends to reduce the effectiveness of the mask but again something is better than nothing so if you _ something is better than nothing so if you are _ something is better than nothing so if you are wearing a washable mask and you _ if you are wearing a washable mask and you do— if you are wearing a washable mask and you do wash it quite a few times over several — and you do wash it quite a few times over several months that are still tfett...

>> i think thats a potential concern but it has to be weighed by the fact that we are keeping the health care work force at work. with a boost, if you are three or four months out from the first boost, the effectiveness declines from 70 or 75% down to 30 or 40%. i have advocate asked written a piece in the l.a. times recommending that for health care workers as a temporary means to bump up their neutralizing antibodies to keep them in the work force. then the he is rally government extended it n...

Frustrating. >> and so, you know that there are cheaps that are cheaper and easier to acquire, and in fact, we are hearing from people who are talking to family members or friends in europe who are literally sending them tests from europe, because they cant get them here in america, and speaking of the administrations ramping up the efforts to really go hard, and there is data that the omicron wave could be reaching a peak in some regions, and so any efforts that happen after this moment are goi...

To see mitch mcconnell and his remarks. your response? >> senator mcconnell, whatever he said on the floor today heres what i know. his colleagues make very plain that one of the reasons that mitch mcconnell is an effective leader is he gives them latitude. he gives them latitude to do what they think is right. he may not support him. he may not vote with them but gives them latitude. as has been explained to us senator mitch mcconnell the republican leader has two red lines. thou shalt not work...

Calling for a fourth dose a month ago. israel already offers the fourth shot for high-risk groups, health care workers, anyone over 60. should the u.s. do the same? >> well, i think right now its probably too late because by the time you get that through and get the fda and cdc to sign off on it and by the time we get an immune response and vaccinated health care providers and thats the group i suggested that we tried for it will be three or four weeks from now and by then possibly the omicron w...

And 21% of nypd now out sick. >> the city hit hard once again. trevor ault joins us once again right here in new york. and trevor, youre learning more from a new study showing the effectiveness of the johnson & johnson booster shot against omicron? >> reporter: thats right, whit. the study found that second j&j dose provides strong protection even against omicron and it cuts the risk of hospitalization by 85%. whit? >> encouraging news there. trevor, thank you. the covid surge combined with ex...