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Now with my 3-year-old and my 1-year-old, should i feel safe if nobody on the plane is wearing a mass snk. >> well, you just said it, katy. for your 3-year-old you can probably get a kn-95 to fit but not an n-95 although they are equivalent. for your 1-year-old, no, shes not going to be wearing a mask. those are the groups we are concerned about. those are the patients i see all day long. one thing to talk about airline travel and the filtration in an airplane but another thing altogether to tal...

Stewart rhodes. appreciate you being on. >> thank you very much. coming up, tough setbacks for the biden white house. what is the path forward after what has turned out to be a week to forget. breaking overnight, a crippling cyber attack on ukraine with russian troops gathered ominously on the border. and the science behind masks and how to spot fake kn-95. theres a lot of bad information out there. and unfortunately in this circumstance that information could cost someone their life. at...

Ill go through a quick demonstration. very similar to the kf94 that is made in south korea. this is made in china. were going to give places for people to get these if they want to surge for them online and the n-95 mask. the key difference between the n 95 and the kn 95. loops on the kn95 and straps on the n95. you can know that youre buying a high-quality, non-quality n95 mask if it says niosh on the surface of it or on the box for the kn95s, they have loops. thats the difference in quality. i...

Yeah, they are a mask, so you do have to be conscious of that. theyre not that uncomfortable, i dont think. most people have been wearing them comfortably. they provide a lot more protection. we can show the protection of cloth masks versus surgical masks versus kn-95. its really not even close. i still always go back to this which i was told, if everyone wore a high filtration mask in public for four weeks, we could essentially bring an end to the pandemic. im glad theyre finally talking about ...

Member of their households who is not yet eligible for vaccinations, how is that all going to work? >> alicia, is it safe for kids to be in school for in-person learning? is it safe for teachers and staff to be in school? absolutely, yes. if everyone is getting vaccinated, everyone over the age 5 and up can get vaccinated, is eligible to get vaccinated, and absolutely should get vaccinated right now. and in addition, they should be layering some of those other measures. in particular, mask weari...

Counterfeits have infiltrated the market. you can find a list of niosh approved products on the website, but heres what to look for. remember the head straps, niosh approved will have straps instead of ear loops. it will say niosh with an identifying number starting with "tc." . >> if you can tolerate an n-95, do it. if you want a kn-95 is fine. there is a gradation of capability of preventing you from getting infected and from you transmitting it to someone else. so we should be wearing the bes...

Infection, and theres been some studies done, one particular in south africa which shows that it does protect against delta and whats likely the case is that it will protect against serious illness. it may not protect against the same type of symptoms, runny nose, modest infection, and so we may still be dealing with some of that type of disruption, well have to see. but if it does indeed protect us against serious illness, that is going to be very, very good news because that will mean the coun...

Great tight seal with a res pa rater or kn-95 if you have the full, thick beard. i like the pencil mustache as an example. maybe the patch underneath the lips. those are options here. very good options, are very good looking as well. >> that goes out to my executive producer who has a pretty thick beard. aaron, its time for a soul patch. im sure your wife will love it. thank you so much. there are more questions. you can all reach dr. gupta on twitter. and we appreciate it. thank you, sir. >> la...

Not vaccinated, and so small percentage, again, even if its a smaller percentage of people getting hospitalized, so many people are getting infected that a smaller percentage of hospitalization still is a big number. one thing people have -- ive seen people start to toss around statements like this is endemic now have. the current moment is not how we define endemic. the its the expectation of number youre going to have, the status quo, and even if there are waves, theyre expected numbers. were ...

Kn-95 or n-95 masks. we talked about this on your program for a long time now, saying, why not just recommend those masks, especially given the contagiousness of this virus and the new variants. in fact, i asked dr. walensky and dr. fauci about this at a town hall, maybe close to a year ago. listen to what they said. why not recommend it, especially with these more transmissible variants? >> yeah, it is a really good question and one we get a lot. i have spent a reasonable amount of time in an n...