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Now? >> there is really two reasons we wear a mask. one is to protect ourselves, and also if we happen to be infected, maybe we dont know it yet, it protects others from our spreading the virus onto others. there is no question that cloth masks do provide ample protection in terms of our spreading the virus onto others. we measure the effectiveness of these masks in terms of how well they filter out tiny particles. those n-95 masks are called n-95s because they filter out about 95% of these tiny...

To gear up and seal the immunity. yes, then the third shot augments it. we are clearly seeing the effectiveness wanes after four months and oef en earlier with omicron. i think three shots is what it will be called. it cant be a way to coerce and bully people. it is supposed to be a doctor and patient decision. i have this discussion every day with my patients. most if not all are vaccinated. >> trace: you talk about coercion and bullying. the "new york post" says the u.k. health security agency...

First place. so, were -- were sort of all going to be following that same step, it seems, kim. >> yeah, all right. thanks so much. lets pivot now to steven. disinfect the whole city, i have been there. its not a small city by any means. some, you know, 9 million people in the -- in the city, itself, there. how will they go about doing this, exactly? >> well, they have one residence actually -- its a large metropolis. 13 million residents in the metro area and officials have warned residents to c...

Omicron wave dovetailed right on to a big delta weave. a lot of these were omicron re-infections following delta. that mitigated some of the severity. we have a different situation in the u.s. then the big one was we did not take enough steps to preserve our health care workers in the workforce and i thought that an important option a few weeks ago was to offer them a second booster because what youre seeing now is when you are about two or three months out of that boost youre seeing a big decli...

But i would also cite some other cases such as india. often held up as a fine example of asian democracy, where under this particular government, freedoms have been very much in retreat over the past year. theres a survey every year in progress in democracies. they also try to assess the quality against criteria such as freedom of speech, freedom of press, effectiveness of rule of law. the depressing thing is not only have the numbers of democracies declined slightly, but in 45 countries, the qu...

Missouri, Kansas, distribute monoclonal antibody treatments to hospitals and infusion centers

Former President Donald Trump pushed back on a questioners skepticism about the effectiveness and safety of the Covid-19 vaccine in a new interview, saying that the "vaccine works" and "people

Items such as mobile devices and musical instruments can be damaged if left inside a car in freezing temperatures, while canned goods and glass bottles are...

Take to prevent serious illness. the one from pfizer that was approved yesterday appears to be more effective and appears to have potentially fewer side effects and safety concerns than the one that was approved from work today. the pfizer one appears to be the preferable option from merck. both in terms of effectiveness and complications. but the one from pfizer, the better one, isnt really, really limited supply and will be for a long while yet. no one, the one that is not as good or as useful...

That this week, this christmas week we simultaneously have this epic surge of new cases from the omicron variant, lots of cases from people who are vaccinated but tons and tons and tons of case of people who are unvaccinated. we have a big surge of new cases and at the same time this same week. we have a big leap forward and all this interesting stuff to think about and potentially changeup around all the drugs that are available right now to fight this thing. this has been a huge week in terms ...