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The mandates, the effect on the free market. every time you see these mandates, it will break down the free market. it will hurt labor shortages and shortages on goods you see at the stores. its going to affect inflation. theyre not good for business. >> trace: you talked about -- i know youre not an epidemiologist here. i was focusing on the political aspect of the shut downs. president biden said theres no federal solution. this is up to the states. yet these federal mandates keep coming. >> t...

The measure, which is the first in the us, applies to about 184,000 businesses. -- 140,000. public sector employers already have to be inoculated but the citys mayor earlier this month extended the mandate to include all private sector employees. children aged 5—11 are also required to show proof of vaccination to access certain places. dr danielle ompad is the associate professor of epidemiology at the new york universitys school of global public health. she says its a necessary step. thats d...

The measure, which is the first in the us, applies to about 184,000 businesses. public sector employers already have to be inoculated but the citys mayor earlier this month extended the mandate to include all private sector employees. children aged 5 to 11 are also required to show proof of vaccination to access certain places. dr danielle ompad is the associate professor of epidemiology at the new york universitys school of global public health. she says its a necessary step despite some pushba...

The associate professor of epidemiology at the new york universitys school of global public health. she says its a necessary step despite some pushback. i think it is being excepted in some circles. we actually have a pretty high vaccination rates in the city, but there is definitely pushback, and as an epidemiologist who has watched this pandemic from the beginning, iam happy this pandemic from the beginning, i am happy to see vaccine mandates for people in congregate settings, restaurants cong...

Part out of the belief that if were talking about testing, were not talking about vaccination, and we need to be talking about vaccination first and foremost? >> i would say that that has existed, yes. we did early in this year, we got the vaccine started. and, you know, theres an argument to be made for putting all of our effort into vaccines. i think probably there should have been a lot, the majority of efforts put into vaccines. but we should always keep our eye on the ball, that this virus ...

Vaccines is front and center. i think any epidemiologist or physician would argue that thats the most critical. ive argued of course over two years now that testing is one of the most fundamental tools that we could have in our public health response to this virus. >> so what needs to be done now? >> well, i think we cant materialize 2 or 5 billion tests overnight to get frequent testing out into americans hands. we have to recognize that. so given the hand that were dealt at the moment, i think...

Will see this increased tidal wave of cases of omicron translating into more people ending up in hospital. if these people are vulnerable and older, and more people are likely to mix over christmas, then this could put a huge strain on the nhs, and thatis put a huge strain on the nhs, and that is one huge thing politicians, clinicians and everyone will be watching and hoping that the booster programme will help prevent some of that. ,, ., ., ~ , ., , . that. smitha, thank you very much. lookin: ...

With your holiday plans, health officials are urging you to be responsible. >> get vaccinated. get boosted. wear a mask in public indoor settings and take a covid-19 test before gathering with others. were at a critical point and how well these measures are implemented by all of us caring for ourselves and for one another will largely determine the outlook of the coming weeks and months ahead. >> theres also promising news when it comes to how omicron affects those who get sick. researchers in s...

Confident enough to say they think south africa has passed the peak of the omicron wave and they think the numbers are reducing. thats largely because the outbreak was in the city of johann johannesburg and theyre confident enough to say this is past the peak. they also think this is the same in several other south african provinces. you had an epidemiologist on yesterday who told you one of the reasons is they think because it spread so fast in the community, a lot of people got natural infecti...

Exhausting just to try not only to save the patient bus to keep the staff safe. just being there for an hour or so, its exhausting to try to constantly remind yourself how virulent this is and how quickly that you can become infected too. on top of that, they have many, many people on ventilators. only about 25% of those folks that go on ventilation end up leaving that hospital alive. guys? >> sara, thank you so much for that. it is crushing to hear that from the hospital now two years into this...