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60th birthday bash check ought allof the protocol boxes. >> thanks for having me. nice to be here. this sounds to me like they checked all the boxes. you know, this virus doesnt care about what party you belong to, doesnt care about who you are, just cares about being able to spread in situations where people are indoors, unmasked, and in particular people who are unvaccinated. as you said, i dont know who was vaccinated or who wasnt but these protocols that were in place are so important. they ...

>> was there anything that they could have done differently, do you think to prevent this outbreak? >> well, again, when you look at the protocol and the testing protocol, i dont know how you do anything differently. i think maybe educating the kids or maybe the parents educating the kids at home about the importance of speaking up if you have symptoms might have helped. again, a child could be -- could have no symptoms whatsoever and be spreading the virus. but maybe educating the children a li...

Alison. quite incredible. >> i feel his excitement. it really was a busy sunday. but another reminder about the very clear and present reality of covid-19 at these games, what can you tell us? >> yeah, its important. we do have to keep reflecting on this because its ever present, alison. the covid-19 and the reality of it. once again, another athlete has been impacted by the ongoing global coronavirus. in this case its the american golfing superstar, a huge name in the world of golf, bryson dech...

Olympian, fully vaccinated, two doses of the vaccine, the chances that they could transmit the virus, which is the key question here appears to be extremely low. some studies suggest less than .1%. so we really need to think twice. i have a lot of sympathy for these olympians that are asymptomatic, otherwise healthy, fully vaccinated that theyre being kept out of competition. now we know things we didnt know six months ago. pcr tests come with a second result thats called the cycle threshold whi...

Co—creator of the astrazeneca vaccine. and her colleagues, andrew pollard was there as well. they looked like they were not expecting that. ., . , , looked like they were not expecting that. ., ., , , ., ., that. the organisers here wanted to make a statement, _ that. the organisers here wanted to make a statement, first _ that. the organisers here wanted to make a statement, first of - that. the organisers here wanted to| make a statement, first of gratitude but also saying in that speech tha...

It. by no means am i perfect, but if i ever made any mistakes in my life, ive taken responsibility for my actions. i truly believe in my heart and would bet my life this substance never entered my body at any point. >> bet me life. joining me, michael brendan dougherty, editor of "the slur," a daily baseball newsletter. you and i were talking about this before. heres what is nuts. every time someone comes forward, its the same in all dop doping scandals. a person is accused and get up in front o...

By no means am i perfect, but if i ever made any mistakes in my life, ive taken responsibility for my actions. i truly believe in my heart and would bet my life this substance never entered my body at any point. >> bet my life. joining me, michael brendan dougherty, editor of "the slur," a daily baseball newsletter. you and i were talking about this before. heres what is nuts. every time someone comes forward, its the same in all doping scandals. a person is accused and gets up in front of camer...

Unintentionally, id be the first one to step up and say i did it. by no means am i perfect, but if ive ever made any mistakes in my life ive taken responsibility for my actions. i truly brief in my heart and id bet my life that this substance never entered my body. >> you and i were talking about this before. so here is whats nuts. every time someone comes forward, its the same in all doping scandals. someone, a person is accused. and then they get up in front of cameras, and im such a sucker, t...

From the world of golf. >> yes, thats right, alison. one huge american name and one huge name from spain as well, the top ranked mens golfer in the world, jon rahm within the last few minutes the reigning u.s. open champ testing positive for covid-19 for a second time in recent months, out of the games as a result. rahm testing positive on his third covid-19 test prior to departing for tokyo according to the spanish golf federation. in june of this year rahm was withdrawn from the memorial tourn...