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Change its guidelines for quarantining from ten days down to five days provided youre asymptomatic. that is something that the airlines ceos from jetblue to delta have been lobbying the cdc to do for days now and they have. there is some push back, however, from the flight attendants association, the people who are working the most closely with passengers in the cabinet. theyre wonder that ten days down to five might work for some people, but for others, they could be exposing passengers unneces...

Infected and including breakthrough infections. when you have isolation but particularly when you are talking about quarantining, people have been exposed. one of the things you have to be careful of, you have so many people who are in exposed, not necessarily affected but they have to stay out of action for ten days. if they have an essential job, we want to get them back to the job before the ten days period. that was being discussed seriously now by the cdc. >> i am wondering your thoughts of...

Evident than ever before. i hope we get that sooner rather than later so we can mitigate the spread of this virus to some extent. >> doctor, as we talk about this uptick in cases, we know an uptick in optimizations is going to follow. new projections out of the uk show at the into rate one in three health care workers could be out sick by new years eve. youre on the front lines. are you seeing a lot of co-workers calling in sick right now? >> 100%. yesterday when we showed up the shift, we had h...

And do i start taking the sort of measures that i should be taking, if i have covid? >> most certainly, you know, these tests, i literally gave them out to my family for christmas this year. the thing is, if you test positive, you definitely should isolate yourself. and theres a difference between quarantining and isolation. theyre the same thing physically but quarantining means youve been exposed to someone and you may potentially be infected, isolation means i know i have been infected, i hav...

Handed out presents to the young patients inside. a quick p0p young patients inside. a quick pop across the atlantic, and father christmas was giving out food parcels rather than toys. they were queuing up at this favela in rio dejaneiro, gratefulfor favela in rio dejaneiro, grateful for any favela in rio dejaneiro, gratefulfor any help favela in rio dejaneiro, grateful for any help they can get. translation: im very happy because today all the people here in the community are satisfied that our...

There are calls to broaden it. they made the initial steps. there are other sectors, other frontline workers like flight aten dants. you mentioned the flight delays because of staffing shortages. i think the answer is yes. there is a paradigm here that was a bit surprising. it applied to any health care worker, not just those fully vaccinated. we know if youre otherwise without serious medical conditions like cancer and youre triple vaccinated, over phenomenon you have a positive test, lets say ...

Overwhelmingly unvaccinated. beaumont health says 443 out of the 583 patients its caring for are mostly unvaccinated. sarah is a recovering covid patient. she says her vaccination status is private. she and her father who also has covid was as mitted on sunday. >> im not allowed to see him because of the quarantining. its been a roller coaster. sorry. its been a roller coaster, but now i feel a lot better. >> she said she needed oxygen when she arrived but no longer, and she credits those workin...

Unvaccinated. sarah is a recovering covid patient. she said her vaccination status is private. she and her father who also has covid, were admitted on sunday. >> i hope hes okay. hes not too far from me here. im flouted to see him because of the quarantining. its been a roller coaster. sorry. its been -- its been a roller coaster, but now i feel a lot better. >> reporter: she says she needed oxygen when she arrived, but no longer, and she credits those working the covid unit here, both civilian ...

Quickest. while we cant count on anything for sure, the hope is that this peaks in january and starts a very rapid decline and we can get back to the things that are moving the country forward. >> very quick, andy. i want to ask about this new test to stay strategy that will hopefully prevent kids from quarantining in the event of the exposure. what do you think about the policy? >> i applaud the administration for doing anything they can to keep schools open and safe. i think we have a lot more...

Variant. everything from confusion about holiday travel to office reopenings pushed back, holiday parties cancelled to lingering supply chain issues. just yesterday the cdc director pointed to new evidence that schools can stay open, even if someone gets infected. a program that encourages testing anyone exposed instead of quarantining and sending kids home. yet one of the nations largest school districts just outside washington, d.c. announced friday it is going back to virtual learning until a...