want a plan that looks like, that sounds like safety. much like the surgeon general which has provided. you mentioned mitigation factors. among them vaccines for students. what about vaccines for teachers, though. because you have unvaccinated teachers as well. actually we have a 95% vaccination rate with our teachers and they re boosted. you fought a requirement, right, just to be clear. no. we did not fight a requirement. in fact, we urged a requirement. you urged a vaccine requirement. i had seen that there was a that the teachers union, because city workers had been allowed a testing protocol not in chicago. all right, so not with our union. you said you said that you i was reading this, you said you were pissed off. i know you feel very strongly about this because there are not these mitigation measures. what do you want to see with
welcome back. as people around the globe try to live with this latest covid surge, delta airlines is urging the cdc to shorten the recommended isolation period for those who get infected with covid, but are vaccinated. delta c.e.o. writes this. with the rapid spread of the omicron variant, the ten-day isolation for those who are fully vaccinated may significantly impact our work force and operations. yeah, delta is suggesting shortening the isolation period to five days, and to end isolation with an appropriate testing protocol. cdc chief dr. rochelle walensky responded on cnn last night. we are reviewing that science and that policy right now and understanding in the context of people who have been vaccinated, people who have been boosted, people who have mild or no symptoms associated with what might be a positive test, they
whatever that means, you know, two shots or two shots and a booster, what is the quarantine period that you recommend if someone does test positive? so if someone tests positive, the guidance is ten days that you need to be in isolation. there s more data coming that shows that you can use rapid tests after four or five days that you ll turn negative that tells you you re not contagious or a danger to others. this should be something that we extrapolate to the general population as we come up with a sustainable approach. break through infections are mild but disruptive if you have to take ten days to self-isolate. we have the science and the tools to shorten that isolation period. that would be a big help. the nfl is doing something interesting. three not going to test people that have been vaccinated and are asymptomatic. they ll be out of the testing protocol. you think that is a wise move or not? i think it s a move that was
sidelining too many of the players with covid outbreaks. standing by a live in chicago, outside soldier field, hello. hey, sandra. you ve got your regularly scheduled monday night football game tonight here at soldier field between the bears and the vikings, but you also have some bonus weekday games if you want to look at it that way. those were the three games are postponed from the weekend to today and tomorrow, between the las vegas raiders and the cleveland browns. the seahawks and the l.a. rams, as well as the washington football team and philadelphia eagles. all of those games tonight and tomorrow. in addition to having to shuffle games around, the nfl is also changing its testing protocol. they had some players complaining that they felt perfectly fine but were in isolation because they tested positive, so now going forward, legally testing goes away for players who are both vaccinated and asymptomatic. instead, the league is going to