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Think about relying on those policies around masking, testing, increasing vaccinations, to get those case levels under control right now. >> youre talking about two to three weeks as a lagging indicator for the number of hospitalizations, dr. blackstock. have we gotten to two to three weeks? it feels like weve been dealing with this for some time. we announced it or learned of it back on thanksgiving, announced the first few cases here in the united states, just a few days later. >> right, so th...

Variants that double masks can get you the right combinations of quality and right fit. an option for those who dont want to spend additional money on the upgraded masks. >> what works and doesnt work, ignore when it comes to double masking. if you cant get your hands on a proper kn-95 or n-95 you can double mask with a cloth mask and surgical mask. theres a gentleman on twitter who said hes retired and living on a fixed income. he cant afford to buy the masks that youre recommending. is a cloth...

That we saw overnight this happening in chicago. but the reality is a lot of cities are facing this issue around remote schooling like the issue youre discussing with heidi. but what were seeing with chicago the highest positivity rate that chicago has ever seen during the pandemic sitting at 24% with positive covid cases and then we look at the vaccination rate of students in chicago public schools. less than a third of students are vaccinated. even though a majority of the teachers are, theyre...

Omar jimenez joins us from chicago with breaking details. what is the latest from school officials. >> reporter: anderson, for starters for the second day in a row there will be no in-person or virtual classes here in the countrys third largest school district. the mayor moments ago maintaining that, one, they are not going to back down and, two, saying they believe school in person is safe, especially when you apply universal masking, rising vaccination rates, distancing when possible and more....

Numbers that were seeing now. >> unfortunately, if you vaccinate today, the people who are unvaccinated if you account for 75% of the hospitalizations its not really going to make a big difference over the next month, because they need a second shot and then 14 days after the second shot. public health measures that weve mentioned, better air quality, masking, not going into crowded indoor spaces, those are really important measures in order to get past omicron. you need to plan today for three ...

The truth is the truth. on the far-far right, this is a hoax, masks never work. that is nonsense. masks do work but the context of masks is just important. on the far-far left, its kids in n95s forever and ignoring these -- these fundamental risk factors, low-risk for kids. i think that is a mistake, waelz. the middle ground here is actually the kfrlgz that is happening offline with a lot of other scientists saying, look. we can do better going forward. here is the relality of masking though. yo...

Virus right now, people that are vaccinated and boostered are safe, generally safer. so were going to stay the course and see what happens with the court and to make a decision after what the court decides. >> do you actually check with employers to see if theyre implementing the mandates? how do you follow it? do you just trust that theyre doing it? >> i will be honest with you, ive talked to a lot of employers and they have told me that they put either in a mandate or some type of requirements...

Our teenagers as well. we saw through the delta surge we were able to keep our children safely in school before we had vaccines. today we have vaccines that we can use. we have school testing programs. we have new science that demonstrates test to stay. this is where a child might be exposed in the classroom. but if they are exposed, they dont have to stay home in quarantine. they can test every other day or twice a week and stay in the classroom safely. that has demonstrates hundreds of thousan...

Masking, people are trying to get back to work, demanding schools remain open, i felt like her message was trying to speak to those people and say heres how the safest way to let you get to where you want to go, and that didnt really go over well with people in communities that are naturally more cautious, so it shows how the cdc is trying to please everyone, but we have to remember that, you know, with so many things in america people are not coming at it from the same perspective and this is t...

Data is optimistic. that perhaps this might be less severe illness. its yet to be seen. 10,000 wokely deaths thats a combination of delta and obamacare kron. we have to be careful. obamacare kron we have to be careful. if theres one thing clear here here were expecting estimated infections. two and a half million day over day. well into the end of the month. and its going to be a long tail. its a million estimated infections across the country. well into march. kids are obviously a large part of...