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Joining me now is msnbc medical contributor dr. blackstock, a founder and ceo of advancing health equity. thank you so much for being with us tonight, doctor. >> thank you. >> so you know, doctor, this is someone you know, you went to harvard with him, you were both students on the campus at the same time, and hes serving in a state as i mentioned that has over 64,000 deaths related to covid, so if you take a step back, whats the danger of having someone like him that simply cant answer a yes or...

Medicine, and so what is your thoughts on this? >> this is the most frustrating thing that my wife and i have bat battled, and this is because where we are in virginia, this is an incredibly well educated population, and the rates of covid have been low here until omicron have been here, and we have been able to exceed the mask mandates, and what is of concern to me is that the governors is political, and flies in the face of all of the science that is the effectiveness of the masks, and the rea...

I think its a general social welfare improvement for these households, so i would support it even if the finding came back nil. thats my own editorializing on this. and we should say, theres been lots of studies on the effectiveness of pre-k, universal pre-k, for instance. studies come out and sometimes the data get confounding as more studies come out. its possible that there are studies that would find different findings here. but one thing i think this speaks to is that there is a fear that i...

Jon: we have a map of the blue state, democrat run states that are now relaxing ask mandates. the rectum of nevada, new jersey, oregon, rhode island, california and new york. the last two states shown in yellow are not relaxing mandate for masking in schools. what you think about that? >> i am disturbed because cdc director walensky talked to me about this this week and shes worried about schools closing. 96% of schools are open right now so she wants all hands on desk deck approach. i think in ...

The knew tranche of data coming in the and the fact the omicron wave is going down made people say lets pause and -- and do the conservative thing. >> right. so, okay. so, that all makes sense. now, what about the new cdc study today that came out, and this is for -- for everyone, you know, older than 5. pfizer and moderna booster and its effectiveness wanes substantially, after just four months. now, i understand it is still very effective at preventing hospitalization but a lot of people hear ...

Going to start to roll back the mitigation steps an give people a light at the end of the tunnel. when is that point when this stuff gets turned off. >> reporter: georgia democrat stacy ab rams who pushed for stricter mask policies is coming under fire after tweeting and deleting this picture maskless in a classroom. in abrams aide confirming the atlanta journal constitution saying the mask was removed for the photo on the condition that everybody else remained masked. new covid cases are down d...

Families with younger kids have been waiting for. pfizer, as soon as today, is expected to ask the fda to grant emergency use authorization for a two-dose regimen of its covid vaccine for kids as young as 6 years old. meaning shots could be going into the littlest arms by the end of the month. with us is dr. jonathan reiner. pfizer seeking this authorization of two doses as it will continue to test the effectiveness of three doses. is this the right move? >> well, it depends. its possible that p...

District. im a results-oriented candidate, ive been in business for years and im focused on effectiveness in government and limited government. i want to put people in the power seats and i want to see the economy get back on track. >> carley: thank you all for joining us. >> thank you. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> absolutely. >> carley: thank you, good luck to you both. todd, to you. >> todd: more controversial comments from cnns jim arkcosta, who is compares -- to dictator. >> todd: so funny...

There are still no approved vaccinations for kids under 5. tell us more about these studies. >> this is a demonstration of herd immunity. it is more on a household scale. the question that these researchers have is, okay, there are people in this case, children who are 5 who cannot get vaccinated. what is the best way to protect them? you talk about all the other things that weve talked about. but if you have people in the household that are vaccinated, how many of a difference does it make? wha...

Those are the numbers. that is the statistics. >> i understand that. there are a whole lot of demographics involved there and i think the reason is because the biden administration has failed to reach out to the republicans, think politicized vaccination which we warned against from day one. we all have to join hands, get rid of your political affiliations, and try to get people vaccinated to save this 2500 -- >> how are we politicized the -- to take it away from the higher level in terms wlaf i...