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Three cities. we have yet to see super clear evidence, at least definitive evidence that this is happening on a scale large enough for it to be identified in an individual state. but if we get to the point where we start to see this as the pattern, should communities and states that are further down the timeline in terms of when omicron started to crash over them, should they use that data in terms of planning for the kinds of mitigation efforts they can make to take care of their staff, to keep...

Mika, in his talk in the afternoon said that the federal government, through a covid relief act earlier this year, had spent over $1 billion in making schools safer. giing local school districts money to retrofit some of the schools with ventilation and do the things necessary to keep kids in school. >> some states, he said, chose to do different things with the money. and we need to still push everybody to, willie geist, try and focus on creating an environment that is safe for children and not...

Ongoing mitigation efforts are still important. >> the cdc says cancel football, choir. is this sort of guidance at this stage in the pandemic helpful given sort of the credibility issues that the cdc is facing? >> its tough because i think kids want to be back to normal and they want to participate in the fun part of their school day, but we know in school with vaksing and even in communities that had have excellent numbers in schools were seeing outbreaks in sports and other activities. weve s...

To these proceedings. catching some of the nuances in them. one of them that you caught today, you wrote about. you said, so acute is the contagion of medical misinformation coming from the court itself that the three liberals had to keep clarifying, for themselves as much as the public, that the government is not proposing an orwellian hell-scape, so much as safe and is fact of mitigation efforts for a lethal virus that is emptying workplaces, filling hospitals, and debilitating medical profess...

School testing programs. 8.3 billion has gone to community testing sites, including for the uninsured and at the community health centers and the pharmacy program. 5 billion has gone to procure tests and supplies. an additional 4.5 billion will go through this 500 million we are in the process of securing. the testing money, as you recall, was for testing, contact tracing and mitigation efforts. some of the funds have been used for mitigation efforts. for example, when children are crossing the ...

Actually the places that have gone later that are just seeing increases or just in the beginning of this omicron wave, they are in many ways lucky that they can learn from everybody else. if they put in pretty aggressive mitigation efforts, they can substantially reduce the peak of that wave, save themselves from a lot of infections, a lot of hospitalizations and deaths. so i would see that as good information that organizations, cities, states, should be using to make smarter decisions. >> dr. ...

The governor now becoming the latest state in the nation to turn to national guard to supplement personnel at health care facile tills. -- facilities. in terms of what might help, when you hear from one health expert who has more -- its a little more confident in mitigation efforts that we can take right now versus ongoing vaccination efforts. here is why. >> unfortunately, if you vaccinate today the people who are unvaccinated who account for about 75% of the hospit hospita

Close to $83 billion that was supposed to be used for testing been diverted for other purposes? >> some of the funds have been used for mitigation efforts. for example, when children are crossing the border. >> dana: dr. fauci at one point caught on a hot mike calling a senator a after a heated exchange about the public availability of a financial disclosure form so that was a slight distraction today. i was going to start with jesse about it, geraldo, im so distracted by your amazing haircut th...

What i mean is if they know its going to be a terrible wave but a fast one, if they could make different mitigation efforts based on that knowledge, do you think epidemiologically speaking they should feel confident in making those kind of adjustments to their plans? >> absolutely, absolutely. actually the places that have gone later that are just seeing increases or just in the beginning of this omicron wave, they are in many ways lucky that they can learn from everybody else. if they put in pr...

Which, that case, put you at par with the number of deaths we see from the flu on a yearly basis and if thats the case, i think well look at something that looks more like the flu. at this point in time, were still way above those numbers. >> yeah, just, looking at kind of mitigation efforts and in new york, the supreme court judge has struck down the mask mandate for indoor public places including schools and nursing homes and public transport. the mandate can remain in effect while its being a...