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To five weeks into this surge. i think maybe we are seeing a decrease because those initial hot spots, those cities especially on the east coast are seeing a decline in cases. but we also have other parts of the country that are still having an increase in cases. we know that hospitalizations across the country are still quite high, and our health care systems are maxed out. so i do want to exercise caution to the public over the next few weeks that transmission rates are still quite high. and s...

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...

Cases a date down to around five -- 600,000 which is still a lot. but in some states receive and increase the number of cases and deaths. that means we need to continue to practice or safety measures entered mitigation measures which of course starts off with making sure that you are vaccinated, where your mask indoors in public crowded areas. get tested and if youre sick stay home. arthel: basically dont let your guard down, nows not the time. how do you think the federal government or the whit...

A oregon is one of the states you mentioned. let me show you what happened in oregon. theyve gone through this before. if you look back right in the middle of june there, you will see thats when the mandates for masks were lifted at that point and you had a significant peak. some of that because of people not wearing masks. a lot of it because of the delta surge. but thats the point. you have to be nimble here. you have to almost look at this like weather events. it might change. it might start ...

♪ to keep my kids favorite song. the tide might be turning on covert restrictions. it calls for a return to normal. >> people real resume their normal lives right at think we need to describe goalpost to ho we take these mitigation measures offered i think we nee to be as aggressive in lifting these things as we were about putting them in place. thats going to help us all to preserve the authority among public health officials to reimplement some measures and the future if in fact this does re...

Right now. look at our new poll. democrats and republicans. look how different this is. should we learn to just live with the virus. 27% of democrats say that. 73% say stop the spread should be the highest priority. among republicans, 27% of republicans say stop the spread is the highest priority. 72% said we need to learn to live. parents. 64% of parents say we need to learn to live with the virus. those who are not parents, its more of an even split. how do you try to communicate priorities wh...

Black history month to deflect from the criticism. the dishonesty doesnt end there. jamaal bowman the new york city mayor eric adams both caught maskless after telling everybody to follow the rules and doubling down on mass mandates for schools. new jersey governor phil murphy offering his party a breath of fresh air announcing his table finally end the school mask and eight in a return to normalcy. in other states like delaware and connecticut, following suit. the white houses remaining defianc...

Quote, cdc continuously reviews data on the pandemic as well as the latest science to identify when changes to guidance are recommended. so you see, i was given a vague response there, but while we wait to see if or when there will be updates in guidance when it comes to the white house and the cdc, we are seeing states moving forward with making their own timelines to lift mandates. you see on the map connecticut, new jersey, delaware, oregon, california. weve seen these states already take tha...

Public health experts have been weighing in. what are we hearing? >> thats right. we really are hearing kind of a split response here. some public health experts say lets get our case numbers and hospitalization rates down even more before we start to plan to lift measures. and then on the other hand, we hear other experts saying, look, weve made improvements in getting case numbers down and getting hospitalizations down and getting deaths down so now is the time to start planning to lift mitiga...

Covid in the hospital, they still need to go into isolation. people need to wear personal protective equipment when visiting them in their room. all that sort of stuff. its a huge task on the hospital whether you are diagnosed before or after the hospitalization. a lot is the overall underfunding of public health, which was a problem prepandemic. right now i talk to people at the state level who have data. when they enter that data, there is no communication with the feds. it has to go through d...