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Preventing people from getting sick. thats why the majority have mild illness. also we still have the same problem that i think you and i have been talking about for two years now. theres not enough testing happening. we dont know the true denominator here. when deal with something as transmissible as omicron. there could be people who have it and have mild sympt omps and arent getting tested. its hard to say how protective the vaccines are against infection. but we do know they seem very protec...

Games and festivals and bike rallies. i think thats fine. i think the key issue is how to do it safely, and we know how. get vaccinated. wear a mask if youre in super crowded outdoor spaces but most importantly, wear masks if youre indoors. get frequent testing happening. and lets improve the quality of air in indoor spaces with ventilation. we do all of that, we can get all the things we value in our lives, and do it safely. >> add in the vaccination as well. people who arent vaccinated, get va...

There was a crisis, we are in it right now, and especially in those two states. but i will say that we need a stronger federal response. i know that biden has spoken out in support of localities about these mask mandates, but we need really more forceful messaging needed from the biden administration and the cdc, but we are seeing unmitigated spread of the virus. there are no masks and very little testing happening. we know that indoor restrictions essentially dont exist any more and essentially...

Pageantry? >> there is nothing pageantry about it. this is historic, shaking hands, posing for photographs. that was enough -- that was a result in and of itself. you cant do that a second time. the second time around, you need something more concrete. so, if he comes back from vietnam with nothing more than some more photographers and talk of how they love each other, thats not going to suffice. hes going to actually need the north koreans to show that they are actually at least scaling way bac...

Testing seem to be working for williamsburg collegiate. but not everyone is on board with the methods. for more than a decade, schools all across america have emphasized testing over teaching with deeply disappointing results. a whopping 80% of american schools are failing to meet the proficiency goals set up by federal legislation. >> children do learn when standards are high and results are measured. >> when no child left behind legislation was passed in 2001, it mandated certain accountabilit...

Legislation was passed in 2001, it mandated certain accountability measures in order for schools to get federal funding. all tied to performance on standardized tests. with funding at stake, some schools took drastic measures to meet these government standards. in march 2013, 35 atlanta educators were indicted for allegedly participating in a standardized test cheating ring. rigorous testing seems to work for williamsburg. so why has it fail for so many other schools across the u.s.? some chicag...