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Faces to make any comment. >> all the more reason, though, to get vaccinated, ensure that you have one of those mild cases here if you get it. salim abdool karim, doctor, thank you so much. >> pleasure. mayor bill de blasio announced new york city will implement a vaccine mandate for all private sector employers across the board as of december 27th. new york city will also strengthen vaccination screening at indoor public establishments, to include 5 to 11-year-olds. the vaccine mandate for pr...

Center. they took their time on an emergency. >> exactly, harris. of course they are going completely to the stick now. what happened to the carrot? talking about 5-year-olds. were still in the process of having pediatricians talk to to parent and now they cant go anywhere without the first shot. it will completely backfire. no testing option on the table here, no allowance for immunity after infection that you and i have been talking about. you have to then have a shot before you can go out. it...

Health has confirmed 17 cases, most were aso ymptomatic. they needed a negative test before the cruise. >> captain came on and said were going to test everybody. i couldnt believe how organized they were. >> reporter: and as for the new york city mandate, just like with public employees there will not be a weekly testing option for private sector employees either. and that mandate will apply to businesses where more than one person is employed and in addition to that, a lot of business leaders h...

>> the mayor says employees cannot operate a testing option for those who do not want to get vaccinated. i spoke to the partnership for new york city which represents businesses, they say they feel blindsided by the mandate and have questions how this will be enforced, and whether or not it is legal, sean. >> john: the streets of new york city, sandra, i thought it was interesting this goes into effect on the 27th. eric adams takes over as mayor a few days after that, and he has not committed to...

Booster for people initially immunized with the pfizer vaccine produced a strong immune response with patients. this comes as cdc data show the pace of vaccinations is rising with an average of more than 2.2 million doses being stared daily. >> its encouraging. we still have tens of millions who have chosen not to vaccinate themselves or their children in this country. >> reporter: as for the new york city mandate, just like with public employees, there will not be a testing option for private s...

Bidens tightened rules for all incoming travelers into the u.s. beginning today, and in new york city, a sweeping vaccine mandate for all in-person employees of about 184,000 private businesses with no weekly testing option. while upping the vaccine requirement to two doses for everyone 12 and older and adding kids five and older for indoor restaurants and entertainment venues. lets bring in dr. vin gupta. well get to omicron in a second. l get to omicron in a second the daily picture is still p...

Problem. but the testing option is so reasonable. so he voted with us on that. look, joe is a good friend. weve done a lot of work together. and you know him well, too, he can be a tough negotiator. at the end of the day its usually not joe standing in the way of something or voting against something. i just remember whether it was impeachment votes or aca repeal. at the end of the day when its crunch time, joe is a guy ive always counted on and hes never surprised me yet, hes a tough negotiator...

Putting back on the wards. we cant make that worse. but i would like to see it much broader. needs to be a testing option. you need to acknowledge that these vaccines wane, so boosting should be encouraged and not mandated. what about people who got over covid. should they be fired? they have a measure of immunity that needs to be factored into the equation the way it is in israel and europe. we are way too narrow with this super imposition. feels like principals office. we dont want to spread c...

Even though there is some immunity involved with getting over covid were having testing option. germany calls the three g blood loss. a rapid test may be the most predictive of all -- but germany, asta you know, under te new incoming chancellor, may be about to go into a more superimposed vaccine mandate and lockdown. so these are shifting terrains how do you get people to comply, how to get people comfortable without them putting them at quitting their jobs? >> mike: w.h.i.p. reporting on a new...

Here in the united states even though there is some immunity involved with getting over covid or having a testing option. germany calls that the 3gs. the third is a rapid test. a rapid test may be the most predictive of all that youre not contagious or infectious but germany, as you know, under the new incoming chancellor may be about to go to a more superimposed vaccine mandate and lockdown. so these are shifting terrains, but i think the question is how do you get people to comply, how do you ...