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Combining to create this situation. it doesnt help us that we have a shortage of good clear communication coming from the administration when it comes to how to manage omicron right now. were losing too many people because of quarantining issues what happens with asymptomatic people. we dont have the clear communication we need to keep people on the front lines when theyre healthy enough to do so. >> the fold has been i better stay home. when a truck driver says that or someone in your industry ...

Challenges on employer vaccine mandates and additional strains on a depleted work force factored into their decision. the cdc is recommending people stay up to date and dealing fully vaxed status as the primary round of two shots. meantime lawmakers on capitol hill are gauging the need and the willingness to pass another covid relief package. the white house says theyre in constant communication with congressional leadership. >> neil: thanks, jacqui. what is confusing, the testing requirement an...

Results for weeks and weeks so you will be quarantining for weeks and weeks. does that mean the test we have are not doing much good? >> number one you have to distinguish between the pcr test as theover the counter test. i have concerns of how accurate theover the counter test is picking up infections and we are missing them and people are making decisions about do i go to family events where people at high risk when i tested negative but really i am positive. thats the first thing. the pcr is ...

To 12 days. that means households should receive these test kits at the end of the month or early next month. strategically, if you think about the tools that we have had to contend with this pandemic as a nation, a lot of things have been within our grasp, whether or not to get vaccinated, to get boosted, to follow the appropriate public health guidance on social distancing and masking and quarantining and all of those things. but for the first time, this should wholesale across the country put...

Now. what is the plan there to keep schools open? >> theyre very clear here in l.a.usd that they will be keeping schools open, alisyn and victor, kids coming back today after the winter break taking that extra day to make sure they have plenty of time to do this mandatory testing for students to come here, and that testing of students and of staff and teachers finding more than 65,000 positive cases. so those people arent here, but they said if theres people that are going to be out, that they a...

You are a 550th day to stop the spread? unbelievable. we stopped quarantining after what come like a month maybe. maybe if you live in a $10 million connecticut estate, media takes two years to leave that $10 million connecticut estate. greg, if she streaks through times square thats the official end of the pandemic. not february 1st, then its officially over. she says this, im sick and tired -- im about to break free. im sick and tired of being scared. well, we are sick and tired of you being s...

Shortage. the white house says they have tens of millions of tests ready to go and are spending $4 billion to deliver the first 500 million, passing pressure to the postal service to quickly deliver. the postmaster general saying they are well prepared to accept and deliver test kits on the first day the program launches. but right now the u.s. postal service is facing some problems with communities in several states dealing with mail delays because of omicron. >> it is mostly bulk mail. >> repo...

Getting a million instant tests, something they have done in new york, and other cities, in d.c., thats something that we could be working on today instead of essentially threatening te teachers, you know, with their jobs because theyre trying to take actions in order to do what we think is the best way to keep the schools safe right now. >> jesse sharky, thank you. >> okay. joining us now is a parent who has two children in chicago schools. ismae el amine, thank you very much for being here. i ...

Less likelihood for quarantining and less likelihood for the need for tests. our children in school, thats where they need to be. >> chuck, hes also telling me he hopes half a billion tests being sent out this month will help with the critical shortages were seeing and he did not give any guarantee, chuck, that well be able to regularly test all kids before this nation really sees the worst of omicron. the situation right now is this. the head of the national association told me yesterday that p...

Quarantining. we have the tennis analyst for nbc sports. mary, i am so thrilled to see you. this is amazing. this is like a hounl story. when on msnbc are we covering tennis? >> well, this is this is the intersection of covid and sports and politics in kind of a big way? >> it sure is. i am sorry it has come to this. i still dont know if the dude is going to show up and play at the stlalian open. he is the number one player in the world, he won this thing nine times. he could be the greatest of ...