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Some places more. in san francisco a month ago, where i live, we had 50 cases a day, and now we have 1,500 being reported, and as you know, many are not being reported because theyre being confirmed on rapid tests done at home. so the problem with the math for the next month is you do have a milder illness on average, but you have so many more cases that you still are having a lot of people coming to hospitals, hospitals really are getting overwhelmed, nurses and doctors are out. i think were go...

Over their children in schools when it comes to masking. >> its clear under law that parents have a fundamental right to make decisions for their children upbringing and their education and their care were providing parents and opt-out the ability to make the right decision for their child with regard to the childs well-being. leo: them to go to my buddy lara trump, virginias governor in idea to allow parents to make individual choices speak to that is apparent versus the one-size-fits-all manda...

People from omicron. this is a broad question. to the point here, you think about the fact that everybody knows kids need to be in school. weave seen all of the evidence about the risks of keeping kids out of school, the impact on their mental health and yet the question -- why dont all the school systems have the testing and masking to do this thing safely. when we do this there is this conflict between parents on one side and teachers on the others and everyone agrees that our should should be...

People are taking their foot off the gas pedal, boris johnson had his political scandal here, you see more schools lifting mask mandates, starbucks decided to suspend its vaccine requirement. are you concerned whether its politics or exhaustion or court cases that all of that may be overriding this science, taking the foot off the pedal too soon? >> i would say a couple of things, first of all, i do think were past the peak of the omicron surge, it does not mean were done. 3,000 americans died y...

Goes all the way back to the first year of the pandemic, and the trump administration. i was at enough trump rallies and you were there, too, where the former president would routinely go after anthony fauci, and clearly, his acolytes in the senate are continuing to carry that torch in hearings just like this. beyond that, though, something that senator romney pointed out during this hearing was that these scientists who were sitting before them were being asked to apply science to political spa...

Across all companies, joe. >> so, dr. patel, lets look at whats happening around the country. right now almost 87% of u.s. adults have one does. 73% are fully vaccinated, notwithstanding that strange 14% discrepancy there. now without a federal policy in place, lets be honest, its likely those numbers arent going to go up much more. what are your thoughts on this? >> yeah, thats right, joe, you arent going to see those numbers dramatically change. were talking at best maybe a percentage or two. ...

This country. and particularly to its workers. the disease right now, killed almost 1 million americans. it spreads from person to person contact, and is confined in small spaces. that includes work place environments. and in those environments, individuals have little control in their capacity to mitigate risk. covid-19, in short, is a war -- since the diseases onset, most americans have seen their workplaces transforms. the administrative agency charged with having health and safety in workpla...

Committee tuesday, officials were grilled on the same day that the u.s. hit record hospitalizations. acting head of the fda janet w woodcock said the priority is making sure hospitals can still function, adding this stark assessment. >> i think its hard to process whats actually happening right now, which is most people are going to get covid. >> another major topic, masking, with omicrons high transmissibility, officials say its time to upgrade your mask. a point dr. anthony fauci echoed on cnn...

Strategy. and their masking requirements will stay in place. youngkin is also adamant about schools staying open. these schools argue this is what allowed us to stay open. listen to what youngkin had to say when told about the decision. >> there the fact that that tweet came out within minutes of my executive order, what that tells me, they havent listened to parents yet. one thing hopefully everybody heard in november, it is time to listen to parents. over the course of this week, i hope they w...

Benefit. >> shannon: kelly, we heard last week that a number of justices made statements that, making factual statements that do not line up with the data. if we get these decisions tomorrow or whenever they come what do you expect? >> well, i think what most people dont understand is, this is not about whether you agree or disagree with the vaccine, with masking, with testing once a week at your employment. this is about who has the power to make these decisions. is it an individual and their d...