thosejudgments allies as to how big was this? those judgments clearly were not made and over that huge length of time no reshaping of that overall policy aim was made in any sufficient way to realise an exit strategy that was sustainable. was sustainable. that is exactly right. was sustainable. that is exactly right. but - was sustainable. that is exactly right. but it - was sustainable. that is| exactly right. but it goes beyond that. the idea that we could throw a military occupation, puts on the ground, which is a term we need to purge going forward. we repeated a lot of what we did in vietnam and there is no two ways to look at that. to think about that. but we know, going forward, there has got to be quite a different approach taken. to ensure that we don t for themselves in terms of progress. for themselves in terms of progress- for themselves in terms of ro . ress. , ., progress. 0k, we must leave it there but
brian: hopefully? maybe? we ll see? you know, the small cloth masks that kids are wearing probably have some minimal impact in reducing transmission in areas of active outbreaks, but we have been assuming there is zero harm associated with it. and the truth is, some kids do well with masks, and other kids struggle. severely. 5% of kids have a cognitive or physical disability yet this requirement is blanket on them. the masks alter breathing and we don t know the long-term consequences. it s one thing if it does so for a couple weeks or months. but we are coming on almost two years now requiring kids to have their facial expressions mute you had, they are not visualizing speech, which is important and kinetic development and there is no exit strategy. the cdc put this on blanket without any plan to remove it or criteria. brian: you just point out, too, this is traveling more with kids. this delta variant. but a lot of it has to do with
of requiring these kids to have their facial expressions and muted they aren t visualizing speech which is important in connecticut development and there is no exit strategy. speaking to the last point or w just go into another school yea where we don t know how long it s going to last there is no specific endpoint and there is no bar in which we can say you can take the mascot. that is definitely something we must address. if we start to worry about mild breakthrough infections occurring in vaccinated individuals over low risk cases in children there is going to b no offramp because we ve seen this virus will establish itsel and it has done so in this huma population. we need to find a way to make good risk calculations and lear to live with that. the best way to do this is vaccinate as many as possible especially those at high risk for complications. moving forward and thinking about the other respiratory viruses we are trying to tame the viruses and we are getting
you mostly ignore them, but every so often one sticks out because it sets off some emotional response, so you share it again. the choice of london s noel coward theatre for lily allen s west end debut comes with a hint of irony, with her character convinced her home is haunted. apparently the theatre is haunted as well. the guy that built the theatre, charles windham, he walks across the stage and goes into the dressing room by the stage, which is lily allen s dressing room. as long as he stays in there, that s fine. it s lily allen s problem. haunted or not, the outspoken number one selling singer s fully aware that the surprising move to the dressing room after being approached by a casting director out of the blue comes with the risk of, well, a premature exit stage left. the fact that i do live in new york kind of meant there is a very clear exit strategy if it all goes terribly wrong. if i was living in london, i probably wouldn t have taken thejob because i would have to live wit
in there, that s fine. it s lily allen s problem. as long as he stays in there, that s fine. haunted or not, the outspoken number one selling singer s fully aware that the surprising move to the dressing room after being approached by a casting director out of the blue comes with the risk of, well, a premature exit stage left. the fact that i do live in new york kind of meant there s a very clear exit strategy if it all goes terribly wrong. if i was living in london, i probably wouldn t have taken the job cause i d have to live with the consequences, but yeah, no, everything s great, it s all working out fine. indeed, after rave reviews from fans and previews before next week s official opening, it looks like the 36 year old can believe in herself once more, as well as the ghosts they re all staying up to see. mark lobel, bbc news.