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Britney. her family and her loved ones as well. what is really frustrating to me and my fellow medical professionals is that britneys story is sadly not unique. there are sadly millions of families throughout the united states, canada, we and around the world who are suffering from a disease that we know, at this point, is preventable. even from the beginning, through masking and distancing we can prevented. but now, we have all these other tools. we need to do more testing. but we now have real...

In effectiveness of masking is crystal clear. today, instead of hanging their heads in shame, as the biden administration discusses a belated plan to send every household high quality n95 respirator masks, we -- saying stuff like this. >> we shouldnt just willie nearly send them to everyone. its really a waste of money, and a waste of resources. >> a waste of money? senator bernie sanders -- a cosponsoring a bill to send every person a package of n95 masks, something they say would just cost fiv...

Numbers of children are hospitalized for covid-19, some school districts will start with online learning including in atlanta which announced on saturday the first week back from the holidays will be virtual. its the third largest school district in the atlanta metropolitan area to make that move. all atlanta public school staff members are required to report to their work places on monday for covid-19 testing, according to statement. >> there is absolutely no way to keep omicron out of the scho...

Theyve seen being learned from the republican party on masking and vaxxing. >> eugene, talking about a different strategy. a group of outside advisers presented him with a dramatically different frame around this. is there any talk about who leads the effort or any of these key agencies that youre picking up in your reporting? >> not yet. we havent really heard of any huge changes coming. i think they feel the team they have can handle things as long as they maybe change some of the mindset on e...

Hasnt provided adequate resources to be in person safely. did you feel like you had what you needed in the classroom for it to run safely? >> i did because i bought it. >> with your own money? >> with my own money, right. what we were give was not great, so a lot of us had to go buy better quality ppe equipment than what we were provided. were running through masks pretty quickly. until you actually see it being implemented, and you see where the holes in the situation are happening. >> the city...

>> and, of course, new york city has those vaccine mandates as well. athena jones, thank you. appreciate it. lets bring in chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. you just heard the new york city mayor tell parents that kids need to be in school. you see the nfl changing its policy so that asymptomatic players can return to the field sooner after testing positive for covid. there does seem to be a paradigm shift on how society is handling the pandemic. along with acknowledging that maski...

Thats something theyre going to be encouraging them to do starting next week. masking. an important mitigation step the white house is pushing for the american people to do as well as getting that vaccine, getting that booster. >> doctor, i want to bring you in. this is happening as the u.s. reported, over 12 -- 1.2 million infections. nearly 3,000 deaths on tuesday alone. we need tests. we need masks. some are wondering is it too late or will the tools help us fight omicron right now? >> well, ...

That killed six and many more injured. mike is live with the latest on all of this, as we look back, mike. >> and sandra, given the overwhelming amount of evidence against brooks, its no surprise his case was bound over for trial. brooks appeared in his jailed jump suit, double masking and hair tied up as he appeared expressionless. originally he was charged with six counts of -- and each person was injured as well as the events before and after the attack. the only witness in the hearing was de...

And strategically, if you think about the tools that we have had to contend with this pandemic as a nation. a lot of things have been within our grasp. whether or not to get vaccinated. whether or not to get boosted. whether or not to follow the appropriate health guidance on social distancing and masking and quarantine. all of those things. but for the first time, this should wholesale across the country. this matter of testing in our own hands. privately, at home, but in a way that has never b...

On the pandemic. the agency has faced criticism in recent weeks over confusion, if you remember, surrounding the isolation guidelines. now, health officials and hospitals in the u.s. are preparing for a surge in covid-19 patients over the next four weeks as cases as we pointed out continue to climb. cnns athena jones has the story for you. >> the next month is going to be awful. >> reporter: covid-19 is taking more than 832,000 lives in the the. thats one out of every 400 people. and with the ...