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Kits. what should they know about them? >> that theyre in short supply, that were not 100% sure how accurate they are. if you have a positive, you have a positive, and you should definitely isolate yourself, and if you go out, you should not intersect with other people, especially older people or immunocompromised. if you have a negative, it doesnt mean youre negative and you should probably go around with a good high quality n95 mask. >> lets talk about masks. you have n95s, k n95s, kf 94s. how...

To you. >> happy new year. >> anita: gillian? >> gillian: lets bring in fox news contributor dr. janette nesheiwat. thank you so much being with us. i want to ask you about schools, first. thats on parents minds ahead of the new year. in light of the testing shortage crisis we are seeing, a lot of medical experts including our own dr. makary are saying testing plans for schools are wasteful, he says they are taking a scarce resource and using it on a very low-risk, low-transmission-rate populati...

Working with people who may have -- be immunocompromised. certainly, liberal juts tiss on the court today. but i think it really remains to be seen and i think the white house listening to those arguments could hear the skepticism when it came to what the justices were saying, the questions they were asking about these two arguments. >> jeff, i know this one thing justice kagan said stood out to you and i want to play that for our viewers. >> all the secretary is doing here is to say to provider...

Rollout. the two biggest playmakers in the world calling for a post stponement. they are calling for a rollout of that 5g technology. it has rolled out in 40 countries with very good access and no impact on aviation. well see how that plays out in the coming days and weeks. >> israel is making a major shift today in their vaccination plan offering the 4th dose of the covid vaccine. this could be booster number two available to those other 60, health care workers, and the immunocompromised. one e...

A large number of people arent vaccinated. people able always get at-home tests, so, you know, that little hole gives a wide berth to the pandemic. it tells us all we should be cautious. >> andy, heres a question thatssh on my mind. do you worry that members are losing hope, resigned to the fact to the extent theyre not going to be able to ward this off, that theyre not going to prevent themselves from being infected with covid, theyre going to give up and say, okay, let it happen, here we go. i...

By omicron, there is now a dramatic fight in covid-related fatalities. >> there has been more deaths that i have seen the whole time in just one week than i normally see in a month, let alone in a day. >> reporter: first detected in the u.s. six weeks ago, omicron is decimating the workforce and quickly spreading among children in two weeks, cases nearly tripling with well over half a million kids infected in the first week of january. it comes amid a serious shortage of hospital staff >> we hav...

Need to look at. but we just dont have the data, yet. in terms of whether that should be recommended or not. the best thing is that if you are immunocompromised, the best thing they could do today is make a plan with their doctor about how you will access what is right for you. is there another dose that you should be taking. if not, what other strategies, in terms of accessing for example or antivirals are prepositioning yourself in able to get -- what you can do to increase your chances of get...

Happened previously in our children and the unvaccinated and immunocompromised are really feeling the brunt of this right now more than ever. >> youve also been struggling with vaccine resistance, built-in vaccine resistance. in part, some of the places in which you work, people do not have general practitioners. they dont have a doctor normally. theyre not even getting tested whether they have heart disease or diabetes so getting tested for covid have to be further off than that. have people be...

You have got the one for the private employers that have 100-or-more employees when it comes to vaccine requirements and of the other for healthcare employers, that get funding from medicare or medicaid. it kind of broke twofold where they seemed much more skeptical if you heard justices of the prior mandate than of the bun with the federal funding given their healthcare workers, working with people who may have -- be immunocompromised. certainly, liberal justices on the court today. but i think...

>> reporter: kelly who you heard from there is triple vaccinated but immunocompromised. her son after he heard what her doctor told her, she went on an hour-longs search to track down pills for her. he ultimately was successful, but one thing he told us is he was privileged to have the ability, the time, the wi-fi, the computer skills to do all of this work. not everyone else has it. theres a website we can show you quickly here that the department of health runs. its an interactive therapeutic ...