Page 217 - Masking News Today

Because of this. and how we work with them to encourage them to get now three shots is going to be one of the great challenges. and hopefully well hear more from the president tomorrow during his scheduled remarks. >> on that point, dr. hotez, whats the single most important thing you would like to hear the president say tomorrow? >> i think for me, the one thing thats really keeping me up at night is the impact on our health care workers and health systems and keeping our health care providers ...

What exactly should this phase of the pandemic look look fir vaccinated people? >> woere at a very different point in the pandemic compared to last year at this time. omicron is milder than previous variants. also, we know people who are vaccinated and boosted by and large are going to do just fine if they contract omicron. so it is not reasonable to impose restrictions on people who are vaccinated and have done everything right, but at the same time, we cant just say let everybody have omicron ...

People dont like being told what to do, generally, i dont like being told what to do either but if we dont all work together on this pandemic and that right now means masking and vaccination, then this is going to keep happening and quite frankly, i am is going to keep happening and quite frankly, iam not is going to keep happening and quite frankly, i am not prepared to lose anybody else. neighbours, friends, family. fellow citizens of the world. its time for us to pull together and bring this ...

And let me be absolutely clear. we have in hand all the vaccines we need to get every american fully vaccinated, including the booster shot. so theres no excuse. no excuse for anyone being unvaccinated. this continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated. so we got to make more progress. and for patients who still havent gotten your kids vaccinated, please get them vaccinated. look out for their interests here. its the best way to protect them. and for parents with kids too young to be vaccinate...

South africa in the united states to the population, but what does this mean but what are you reading into that for what it may mean for the u.s.? >> well, ive got my fingers crossed. what i mean it means is that in the united states something similar might happen. omicron rushes in, infects a whole lot of people very quickly and then as we say in epidemiology exhausts the susceptibles and then goes down, and if we keep vaccinating people so that we make sure that if they do get infected they wo...

They expect omicron to be the dominant variant in the united states in the coming weeks. theyre stressing that americans should masking and social distancing now and getting tested so that they can gather next week safely for the holidays. while this looks like last year in the u.s., white house officials say theres a difference. >> unlike last winder, we now have the power to protect ourselves. our vaccines work against omicron, especially for people that get booster shots when theyre eligible....

Under 5, how would you be living your life right now? >> thats really challenging, and so i think the key to that is getting everybody around that individual vaccinated and protected and using all those layered protective measures weve been talking about. thats why masking is so important outside that close bubble of people who you know are safe for that child to be around, and thats where it gets really difficult with the schools being open. you know, its -- i am in favor of schools being open,...

Croup, that barky cough and they are testing positive for covid so its possible, possible that omicron, while staying in the upper part of the airway in an adult like you or me would cause a bad cold, and in a younger child it can still settle down to the upper part of the airway thats narrower because they are smaller, their necks are smaller and cause a condition such as croup or other conditions as well. not settling all the way down into lungs, thats good but still causing problems, and so o...

Be our governor. i thought wow. his approval is not just because he is a great politician but good at implementing policy. >> greg: uber driver, it must be nice. >> [laughing]. >> my answers, i go with the same answer. florida knows what they are doing. they came out on the other side of this whole thing. >> [cheers and applause]. >> i was in a uber if florida. we are not social distancing or masking. i believed him because i was sitting on his lap. he goes, heres why i love florida. he said whe...

Americans to use the tools that we know work, which is boosters, vaccines, masking. >> phil rucker, lets talk about what we heard from chuck schumer today and -- dear colleague letter and. no later than january 6th martin luther king is trying to get a vote that deals with this filibuster that is stopping so much legislation from going on on the basis of it being about voting rights and democracy itself. he is hoping that -- two democratic senators come around, but he doesnt know that theyre goi...