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Parson strenuously opposes mask mandates and came down with covid in september. now, get this, it turns out that his office requested a study about the effectiveness of mask mandates back in november. and when the report by the state department of health came back with data showing that counties with mask mandates had far lower case rates during the height of the delta wave, it was shelved. it would not have seen the light of day but for an information request from the covid-19 project. why woul...

Unstoppable. how much more dangerous is the omicron variant than delta? >> its a really important question, joy. and there are actually three critical unanswered questions about omicron. is it more transmissible, is it more dangerous? and how effective are our vaccines against it. i want to caution people against jumping to conclusions too quickly because there will be anecdotes that come out. but we have to actually look at the date the in aggregate to fully understand the answers to the questi...

Socialising in a private home. so, lets take a closer look at south africa, just about to deliver an address to the nation. so, lets take a closer look at south africa, where omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. in the past 2a hours, 11,500 new cases were reported. just compare that to an average of 300 daily infections two weeks ago. south africas health minister urged people to get vaccinated. this fourth wave which we have started to enter into can be managed. without too many casua...

Clinical trials that has seen nearly 90% effectiveness and getting people out of the hospital. now to get those amazing results from that drug, you do have to act fast. you have to take the drug early. soon after you are diagnosed, before your symptoms get serious. well that would be a heck of a lot easier if everybody had home test gets around. in 15 minutes they could find out if they had covid or not. that would really increase the number of people who would catch it right after the onset of ...

What is your reaction to senator manchin saying hes against the presidents mandate? >> obviously that is something we feel we have the authority to do, based on a 50 euro law. that is congress. put into place, 50 years ago. recently disagree. we disagree, based on what we feel is a preponderance of evidence and the effectiveness of requirements. vaccinating or testing. you look at the private sector, there are a range of companies, airlines, hospitals, who have implemented these types of require...

This fourth wave which we have started to enter into can be managed. without too many casualties way too much glass of life. if we all observe the safety measures and the biggest risk being gatherings especially in their gatherings. as more cases emerge, so does the data about the effectiveness of the treatments. heres the world health organisations chief scientist with what we know so far. its possible that the omicron variant can cause infections even in previously vaccinated people. we are se...

Military folks that we need to desperately? >> you are exactly right that it was imperative we have this vote. weve got a federal government whose tentacles reach into every aspect of human existence and it is threatening right now to fire 45 million american workers. we needed to have a vote on whether we decide to fund that feature of government that is going to enforce this mandate. every senator needed to put his or her name on the line. tonight they had the opportunity to do so. im glad i s...

Constituents after this given what it does to the regular working-class people in military folks that we need so desperately? >> you are exactly right, it is imperative, we have a federal government whose tentacles reach into every aspect of human existence and threatening to fire 45 million american workers. we needed to have a vote on whether to fund that feature of government that will enforce this mandate. every senator need to put his or her name on the line and tonight they have the opport...

We can make all of this work. youre vaccinated but nevertheless you think you might be sick. sit down at the kitchen table. take your at-home test. if it is positive, what do you do? you call the doctor. the doctor gives you a prescription for the antiviral pill. well, at least in case of the pfizer antiviral pill in clinical trials that has shown nearly 90% effectiveness at keeping people out of the hospital. to get those amazing results from that drug you do have to act fast and take the drug ...

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX), a manufacturer of medical devices said on Thursday that has initiated the MODULAR ATP clinical trial to evaluate the safety, performance