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People or the people who dont believe in masking and so on. so covid is continuing because of them, but then theyre complaining about the economy that is persisting because they are refusing to do what will actually help the country. do you understand what im saying? >> yeah. look, i understand inflation is a factor in peoples lives, but i would hope we would look and see where history has told us that when you put inflation before democracy, youre following the path of 1930s germany. we have to...

Be three shots to be fully vaccinated. >> john: yep. ive had my three, i feel good about it, its an individual choice, though. >> sandra: indeed. >> john: when students in virginia go back to school on monday some may not have to wear masks. or at least theyll have the option to not wear them. republican governor glenn youngkin issuing an executive order giving parents the right to make mask decisions, not school boards. some districts will continue to enforce masking citing a state law. now the...

Ten years. same thing is going to be true for covid. you do the first shots. as of right now we know you need a booster five months after that first set of shots. its possible that may change again in the future, but for now, get vaccinated, get your booster if youre eligible, and, of course, keep all those other precautions in place during a surge, masking, ventilation, testing, vet cetera. >> are you concerned people are learning that, okay, there are fewer hospitalizations in some places, the...

Scare tactic in the past, the pentagon says this is different. >> this is larger in scale and scope and the masking of forces than anything weve seen in recent memory and i think you would have to go back quite a while into the cold war days to see something of this magnitude. >> reporter: still, officials are hoping for a diplomatic path ahead. >> conflict is not inevitable. >> reporter: jake, they were hopeful about diplomacy being the path forward but you heard the officials at the pentagon t...

Countries, we absolutely could be doing a lot more. there are more unvaccinated adults in this country than kids under the age of 18. we could literally get rid of masking in schools all together and still come out ahead of this pandemic if people would just do their part and again, again, its not to shame people. if you have questions, talk to a doctor. get your questions answered. if youre black, remember barack obama got vaccinated. if youre republican, donald trump said get vaccinated and bo...

Everyone should do that. at least in the northeast, were in the back end of this omicron surge, health care systems still feeling it, certainly but its reasonable, i think that for people who are vaccinated, boosted, doing everything right, their kids are vaccinated to start to ask, what else do i need to do? ive done what i can. my risk is actually quite low. i think as we turn this corner a way to start framing this is to talk about the power of one way masking. if youre vaccinated and boosted...

Aged 18 -- 49. this story really struck me, a majority of which are not linked to covid. there is a mortality rate dropping for people 18 -- 49 and 2021. deaths among 18 -- 49 -year-olds are 40% in the last 12 months m ending october 21. what can you tell us have you looked at this? >> look i think you look at opioid deaths which is why we are working so hard to make sure we are holding those opioid manufacturers accountable for what they did to get the resources to people who need it. a lot of ...

Whats the advice for parents who feel kind of stuck in this situation, particularly if their kids are under the age of 5? >> im in the situation as well. i have two little kids, a 4-year-old whos in preschool and a not yet 2-year-old, and of course we cannot wait for there to be vooaccines for this young age group. in the meantime, i would advise parents to think about and families to think about your individual risk circumstance, your risk tolerance as well as the value of that activity, and so...

Possible area of the hospital to treat patients just like we did with delta. >> reporter: in massachusetts, in an effort to deal with the patient overload, hospitals are pausing elective surgeries. kayla st. pierre is 32 and waiting to have kidney surgery there, a surgery now considered elective. >> kayla is terrified. shes been through over 200 operations. the waiting game can be a real struggle emotionally. >> reporter: and amid this surge, the cdc now updating its mask guidance, saying loosel...

Absolutely right. forced masking does nothing, in fact it hurts. one thing you said, return power to the parents. isnt there argument to be made, best way parent exert power to local level giving power to school boards and school districts, parents have stronger voice dictating what they want to happen in their schools? >> of course it is important for parents to participate. by the way which is why it so disheartening for the attorney general merrick garland to sick the fbi on parents who were ...