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Of what theyre proposing. you got a screaming level of transmission in the northeast, in new york city, and washington, d.c. trying to open schools at this point, it is hard to imagine how things will go well. there is just too high level of virus transmission. >> he suggested keep kids home longer, dont send them back, maybe extend the school year into the summer. what do you make of that? should we not send our kids back now? >> i think, poppy, i think the dilemma is that you have a lot of sma...

Isolation. but i think its -- from the not to incorporate testing in this. >> really important point. dr. hotez, new york citys seven-day average of new cases is now near 20%. pediatric hospitalizations have seen a fivefold increase and today the city announced the public school system here -- youve got, um, 1.1 million students in it -- will re-open as scheduled next week with expanded testing. is it the right move? is it safe? >> well, it -- it may be the right move but i wouldnt do it now. um...

Ten days, and 50% of that time people can actually be out with a mask in society. the reason the cdc gives is not because theres a shortage of tests. >> well, there is really no part of the u.s. that is being spared from the omicron surge. floridas health department says cases quadrupled last week, and according to the cdc, christmas eve marked a new record with more than 32,000 new infections. more people are testing positive for the virus in new york city. the health department reports close t...

Were going to get there. the nations biggest public school system, new york city, plans to open january 3rd despite a city wide surge in cases. schools will have at-home testin tes testing kits for classrooms, and kids will take two tests per day seven days. health experts have different views on that plan. >> schools need to be open. everyone talks about the needs of our kids. their health needs, physical health, mental health, nutrition needs, social needs, academic needs -- schools need to ...

>> new york city is now requiring all education staff including teachers and principals to be vaccinated. do you think that other cities and states should follow suit? >> look, we have to, jake. if were serious as a nation about getting our kids through the fall school year, heres what has to happen. basically everyone who walks into a public school has to have a mask on except maybe some of the special needs kids who cant do it. and everyone over the age of 12 and up has to be vaccinated. when ...

And in alabama, theres none available within the entire state. >> we have never been here before. were truly in uncharted territory in terms of our icu bed capacity. fortunately we still do not have an issue with ventilators. >> reporter: new coronavirus infections are on the rise in at least 37 states, with the surge masks will be necessary at outdoor concerts and sporting events with more than 10,000 people in los angeles county starting tomorrow. the tsa is also extending its federal mandate ...

Mandate on planes and trains until mid-january. why not a vaccine mandate? would that not be a more science-based approach if were going to start requiring, keep requiring people to do things to be on the nations planes and rails? >> yeah, ideally both. for masks were at a screaming level of virus transmission in the united states. were pushing up to 150,000 new cases a day. well soon probably be up to 200,000 new cases a day. if you look at the slope, thats practically vertical. in terms of new...

Transmissible overall. >> again, i think thats so important because, at least for me, it helps me visualize and again reaffirm the idea of vaccines are really important for a whole host of reasons. dr. hotez, as i mentioned, we learned late today that this week, florida broke their all-time high for new cases during the entire pandemic. what does that mean for the rest of the country? and -- and could we surpass the winter surge? look at the graph there, its stunning. >> yeah. no. this is starti...

Florida had an all time high for the pandemic. what does that mean for the country and could we surpass the winter surge? its stunning. >> yeah, no, this is starting to look really ominous in the south where i am. now if you look at rates of transmission in florida and louisiana, theyre actually probably the highest in the world. were running neck and neck with botswana with the rate of transmission. there is a screaming level of transmission across the southern states right now and now were sta...

More viral perils. so if even has a mask, that will dramatically reduce the likelihood. and by the way no one is really talking about this, but if we had on top of that vaccine mandate, that would add an extra layer of protection. in the south where i am it is a screaming level of transmission. youre seeing schools that dont have masks or vaccine mandates. because of that screening level. we have to know that that is what we have to do. >> this is a question that a lot of parents and grandparent...