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# and if you just do the simple math, that means 1 to 2,000 of them are going to die, two or three weeks from now. that is a terrible number and its totally unnecessary. but let me say that, what they are saying is this is not the same war we were fighting before. this is a war, which is going to last a long time. its not like putting out a forest fire. its like climate change. its here to stay, and its gonna take a long time. and we have to have many, different ways of confronting it. vaccines ...

>> among the states seeing the biggest covid surges is florida. today the state recorded 17, 000, 589 new cases for wednesday. it is the fourth biggest single day jump since the pandemic started. the states governor is refusing to impose any new restrictions but as political reports, local officials across florida are bucking governor ron desantis and his anti mandate corona strategy. they are imposing guidances for some workers and declaring states of emergency. we welcome to the cast a doctor ...

Rated the delta variant just like a common cold. as in if you were sick, you were likely to infect two people. the new guidance says its much more of a threat. if youre sick, meaning infected with delta, youre likely to infect 8 or 9 people on average. think about the math here. infecting two in a common cold. this is like chickenpox. eight or nine people. that means the delta variant is more of a threat. now its a conversation about what needs to be done to deal with the new science. at that po...

Workers and even declaring states of emergency. for more we welcome to the broadcast the chief medical officer at the boca raton regional hospital. thank you so much for being with us, doctor. these numbers, in a single month your state went from about 1,300 cases a day to now more than 17,000. "the miami herald" did the math. thats a 1241% increase. what is it like on the ground there? >> first of all, thank you for having me. the situation in florida is fairly dire. weve seen a significant upt...

Economists all the time. what would happen if something like this were to become law? >> lets not talk to economists. thats talked to small business owners. what do we have right now? a labor shortage. small business people are willing to play more and not being able to find people to work for them. all of a sudden, here comes this congresswoman who i am pretty sure has the best of intentions, but she doesnt understand math. she is coming out with some program that incentivizes people not to tak...

Fourth grade they run on that operating system. all of the claims made about our history, one sided claims and that carries into the present day. it has bad effects. i am a math teacher. from is no math without objectivity. black and brown students are struggling with math. how does this help them succeed? it wont help white students either. i dont see the benefits of that. >> tucker: bless you for your wisdom and bravery and how articulate you are. are you teaching now? did you find a new place...

They are on top of that operating system. all of the various claims made about our history, the one-sided claims, presenting a one-sided view of the into the present day and that has deleterious effects. i dont understand. im a math teacher. there is no method objectivity. we have had black and brown students struggling in math across the country. how does it help them to succeed to tie objectivity to what is an ultimate evil? thats not going to help anyone. white students either. i dont see the...

Vaccinated but i do believe it was a personal choice of someone wants a vaccine or not. they can make up their own mind. >> and some state workers are taking action on their own and a buffalo area law firm says they have received calls from several employees and they have been drafting a lawsuit in anticipation of the governors order and they expect to file it next week. each of the governor said to come and i quote, we have been here every day for every action during the pandemic. be smart, get...

Alarm about the uphill climb our kids will have. research shows every one of them is behind in math and reading, compared to what they would be after a normal year. even worse for the most vulnerable kids, specifically students of color, kids living in poverty. it is part of a new report from the nonprofit education group nwea. i am talking about the kids that showed up. we have absolutely no idea about the many, many kids who have had no school since the pandemic began. joining me, lead author ...

King and god on the continuum so listen as rochelle walensky tells you covid is killing twice as many children as influenza lldoes. watch. >> i think it is important for people to understand that this is not a benign disease in kids compared to other diseases our kids see. if you look at the mortality rate of covid just this past year for children. its more than twice the mortality rate in influenza in a given year. >> tucker: you are not supposed to question that. we didnt care to check those n...