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To meet in private. us health authorities have halved the recommended isolation period for people who test positive for covid but dont exhibit symptoms. theyve previously warned of a half a million cases a day in the coming weeks as the omicron variant takes hold. that isolation time goes from ten to five days. officials insist this is being guided by the science. so, why is this step being taken now? we put that question to david edwards, an aerosol scientist and a harvard university professor ...

Test negative can go right back to class. kids who do have symptoms may not be able to head back to class until they receive two tests taken about a day apart and ultimately those kids that do test positive will have to isolate at home for about ten days. the goal here is to try, again, to limit those disruptions, to try to return to normal for many of these students. weve heard from the biden administration and the secretary of education over the weekend who says that this is what they want is ...

Five days, theyre still maintaining you can leave after those five days and are not recommending you take a rapid test after five days of isolation, but now are saying that once you have left, that you should, they are advicing that you should not travel, that you should not got to restaurants where you cannot wear a mask. you should not go to a gym where you cant wear a mask. whats notable is if you decide to take a test and you can get your hands on one five days after testing positive and the...

Skyrocketing, education secretary miguel cardona said there will be bumps in the roads. colleges and universities have already announced changes to the semester. 45 states have had a 50% rise in cases over the past week. 28 states have seen rising hospitalizations, a number that trails the cases. meanwhile, the biden administration considering once again changing the guidance for those who test positive for coronavirus. the new guidance in effect for only days at this point advises people can re...

Time for us this evening. lonna cave whose sister rosanne boyland died at the capitol on january 6th. thank you for joining us and sharing your story. >> thanks. if you are interested in learning more what led rosanne boyland to the capitol that day, make sure to listen to msnbcs "american radical" hosted by me. all episodes are available wherever your get your podcasts. we have a lot more ahead, including breaking news from the cdc tonight about how long people who test positive for covid s...

Unvaccinated, and there are still 35 million people in this country who havent had a single vaccine, urging them to get a vaccine, urging those who havent had a booster to get one. the president saying there are plenty of those available for all americans and they are free. and continuing to urge testing. the difficulty with the testing is that thats been a mess. the president again today suggesting that these half brilliant test the federal government would send out to peoples homes, that websi...

Booster. natural immunity is the best immunity you can get. many people around the world need to get vaccinated. those doses should be going to them. >> harris: dr. makary lets do breaking news now. keeping an eye on the dr. walensky solo rare for her, she is usually in a task force group talk today and update by phone. a lot of questions about the revised cdc guidelines telling people who test positive for covid to isolate for five days now instead of the previous 10. so she is getting hit with...

Begin the spring semester classes but for thousands of students that will mean class from home many school district and universities are opting to start the year virtually to give a supply shortage after the cdc with people who test positive in people who are no longer required to test negative after the five day quarantine and effort in part to get people back to work quicker, that decision is giving a lot of pushback from the public and forcing the cdc to look into making a change according to...

To be a problem too. ohio turning to its national guard for help while floridas surgeon general offers a new approach, what he calls high value testing, prioritizing those most at risk. and alisyn and victor, israel has started giving fourth shots, boosters to people who are 60 and up, as well as healthcare workers. a new preliminary study out of israel shows that fourth shot of a pfizer vaccine can improve antibodies five fold within the space of a week, seems to support the policy thats being ...

Happy new year. >> reporter: cars lined up in bethel, connecticut for one per household. others waited in long lines over the holiday weekend to be tested as the omicron variant surges while omicrons infection may be less severe, because it spreads so fast and infects so many, it is already straining a health care system struggling to treat the unvaccinated >> even if you have a lower percentage of severity when you have multi, multi more people getting infected the net amount is you still get a...