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>> well, its a critical step but its not enough. i worry very much about whats going to happen this fall. as youre seeing right now, were seeing the most number of kids hospitalized with covid since the very beginning of the pandemic. and those numbers are continuing to increase. delta basically is a somewhat different virus in kids than it was these strains of virus that we had a year ago. when we first generated data showing that kids didnt transmit nearly as frequently, they didnt get infecte...

Things. everybody who can be vaccinated should be vaccinated. we keep our children safe by surrounding them by people who are safe. and, number two and almost as important is that all children above the age of 2 should be masked. as well as all of the adults. all of us inside in a school setting should be masked. eric: the masking situation is very controversial. what do you say to those who, you know, who saw governor ron day season taste -- desantis saying he doesnt want his kids in a mask, he...

Variant, which is so highly contagious. and our medical director talked directly about these children who cannot be vaccinated yet. and although usually they dont get very sick, some do, some do end up in the hospital. and so we are concerned about them. and, look, i was asked directly the question about these kids, and i said, look, if it was my child and they could not be vaccinated or were not vaccinated and theyre going to be in a school setting, i certainly would want them to wear a mask. >...

Setting, its not something that should be mandated by the schools, what are they going to say days, weeks from now, when we all want kids under 12 to be vaccinated. will that too be regarded as a parental choice because i can tell you in order to begin school in those states there are certain number of vaccinations that students need to have. so are we going to say you dont need to be vaccinated in order to go to school when we reach a point that vaccination for those under 12 is appropriate? im...

Access to vaccine. most of them are already vaccinated. >> some kids will be too young to mf. to keep our schools open, we need layered protection. vaccination, mass, better ventilation. or youre going to see outbreaks and schools and school setting. none of us want that. lets keep the schools open with layered protection. >> sandra: weve got to get our kids in the classroom. there are risks of us not doing that also. i appreciate your time. thank you. eric, it feels like -- you talk to parents ...

There are some people who are fully vaccinated that may be transmitting this virus. its clearly enough its raising concern inside the cdc they are reinstituting this masking guidance for fully vaccinated people indoors, in certain areas with high transmission. the other question was about this idea they are going to recommend a mask for every one in a school setting, k through 12, regardless of their vaccination status. thats not just apply to children. thats to children, administrators. the vac...

To figure out, if you have a large pool of susceptible people and you have a more transmissible variant around, you will have outbreaks. when we have large groups of people getting together for social events or in a school setting, a workplace setting, well certainly be at risk for that. most states are reporting virtually all the hospital patients are unvaccinated people. we know that virtually all the deaths in our country are among unvaccinated people even though fortunately, the number of de...

Grades 6-12:       6.9% It is important to note that survey participants volunteered, therefore this is not a randomized study, and the survey does not include every student or employee in the district. Those who are seropositive did not report any close contacts with others who developed COVID-19, suggesting that nobody who tested positive for antibodies had ever transmitted the virus to a close contact. According to Dr. Lee, the survey results are consistent with other estimates of sero...

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Where the seclusion room was not really necessary. >> martha: you talk about the room having dark walls and you could hear them sliding a desk in front of the door so that you couldnt get out and, sean, you are an educator yourself, fourth-generation of educators and you make a very good point that it would be illegal for a parent to lock their child in a room, why is it not for a school to do so? >> and thats the question that weve all been asking. if we were going to do this at home we would h...