Omicron Is News Today

School has been tough for so many reasons, and so many kids have been left behind over the past couple of years because its so hard to shift back and forth. and its hard to be in class remotely when youre in third grade and have to stare at a screen all day. >> i know. >> whats really tricky is we also know theres a chance teachers and staff are going to have to be out the next few weeks because of how transmissible omicron is. maybe not in school, but because of how we live our lives. i think i...

Reduce the risk of transmission. and ideally to reduce people and teacher absence from school. and thats important because we saw those absence rates increased quite significantly in december as the new variant began to take hold.— significantly in december as the new variant began to take hold. yeah, we dont know how _ variant began to take hold. yeah, we dont know how much _ variant began to take hold. yeah, we dont know how much the _ variant began to take hold. yeah, we dont know how much ...

Slipping through the net if they are not able to go to school and have day—to—day contact with their teachers. and face coverings are one mitigation that the government is taking to reduce the risk of transmission, and ideally to reduce pupil and teacher absence from school, and thats important because we saw those absence rates increase quite significantly in december, as the new variant began to take hold. yeah, we dont know how much the christmas holidays will have acted as a firebreak, g...

Come away thinking, i dont know, blatant falsehood like children are on ventilators across this country in record numbers. either way, peter, either way, rachel, the bottom line is this you have to have -- and this is an important issue, because its the issue going forward, you have to have supreme court justices who are smarter. you have to have supreme court justices who are better, rachel. rachel: absolutely. and by the way i know that, you know, i have to ask the question, when we see that o...

People _ when we hear about unvaccinated people in — when we hear about unvaccinated people in hospital, we have to consider— people in hospital, we have to consider that they were children... ithink— consider that they were children... i think there — consider that they were children... i think there are still things we need _ i think there are still things we need to— i think there are still things we need to plan out a bit more about this is— need to plan out a bit more about this...

Whats very different about omicron is, yes, it may not be making people as ill but it is causing massive worker shortages and thats having, you know, effectively shutting down large parts of the economy and thats going to affect everyone. >> reporter: thats absolutely right. that is a big concern right now. you know, youre not going to have enough bus drivers. youre not going to have garbage collectors. youre not going to have doctors and nurses. a lot of the european governments have had these ...

Hours apart at least, i think thats the way we should think rather than saying these tests are not going to work or shouldnt be used as a return-to-work or school strategy. >> youre right, there is a lot of nuance there, and i think kind of approaching it the way youre describing, which is -- remember, this is if youre actively keeping them in mind and how you use them is important and helpful to know. we also know that hospitalizations are not accelerating at the same pace at these new cases, a...

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Negative, we see organizations move to this, i would feel good in this environment. i think size of the gathering matters, if you go to a family event. ill be with my family, extended family and feeling good. im not worried about that as a high risk event. i think the reality with omicron is so infectious, i think the reality is many of us are going to be exposed to this virus in short order and the virus is going to find us in a naive immune system or one primed with the vaccine and booster. i ...