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That indoor masking should be the case including really in all schools in this country at this point, but even in schools that dont have masking, parents can still do their part and take matters into their own hands. for example talk to other parents in your choiilds class. see if the majority of parents would agree to also put masks on their kids and make sure your child ts wearing at least a 3 ply surgical mask not a cloth based cover. try to get the school to disclose all positive cases and i...

Only about two weeks away. players suiting up for practice, students heading back to campus, and the commissioner of the sec is making a heart felt plea to fans. greg sanke tweeted, state policies limit the secs ability to establish conference wideman dates. we need individuals, our fans, to join in accessing the vaccine, reducing the covid-19 spread, limiting the chances for more variants to emerge, enjoying a full year ahead for college sports. greg sanke joins me now. so great to have you. wh...

Florida, dallas, austin in texas as well. bucking the governor there, the governors in both states, saying were going to require masks in schools. just put it in perspective for us. why would it be so important for kids and staff to be masked? schools? >> in order to get children back in school safely, schools are taking a layered approach. so, theres a lot of things that theyre doing to try and keep children, staff and teachers safe. they are encouraging, in some cases requiring teachers and st...

Research into the coronavirus threatens every single thing that joe biden wants to do economically in terms of public health, politically, and so this is a crisis for the administration, and that is causing a change in tone. its causing a change in approach to mandates from the cdc. its causing a change in approach to vaccinations. hes requiring the federal government workers to be vaccinated or face testing protocols. hes going to do that for the military. hes done it for the v.a. kaitlan colli...

Approach to mandates from the cdc. its causing a change in approach to vaccinations. hes requiring the federal government workers to be vaccinated or face testing protocols. hes going to do that for the military. hes done it for the va. kaitlan collins and i have a story out tonight about the administration considering, this was first reported in "the washington post," steps to use the levers of government to force institutions that get federal funding like nursing homes to vaccinate their emplo...

Being safe. in terms of faculty and staff were strongly recommending all faculty and staff being vaccinated. we know from looking at the numbers that the vast majority of our faculty and staff have already been vaccinated. were encouraging everyone on the faculty staff to be vaccinated as well because we know the delta variant is something thats real and in front of us. and it really is having us, you know, think about ways we can continue to ensure our campus community stays safe. >> and you ar...

Workplace environment. what i mean by that, now they can effectively implement control measures like adjusting to cdc mask guidance, social distancing, testing, vaccinations. while we never thought we would be at this point, these enhanced control measures are making businesses more prepared to return to the work force in coming weeks. thats not going to be a quick return to the office. the delta variant has implemented a challenge for businesses to recalibrate their safety protocols on returnin...

Vaccine is working and doing its job. the other thing is, that if you hadnt been vaccinated, that test positive would have been much more severe case. so, it will -- well hear stories around people with breakthroughs and it will sound very stunning and puzzling. and in deed when you take a vaccine you dont expect to test positive. in fact, that is how it does work. and so well see this as more people get vaccinated, well see more and more of these cases that are -- i dont think breakthrough is t...

Most people who are double vaccinated here in the states arent tested for covid that much anymore. >> i think theres two problems here. one, its medical dialect. we call somebody thats asymptomatic fully vaccinated and otherwise healthy, if they test positive, we still call that an infection. i think thats the wrong terminology. thats not an infection in the classical sense. how should that inform testing protocols? i think if somebody is fully vaccinated and theyve received two doses of a vacci...

Tone, the cdc is not saying as it was before, if you have safety concerns, keep kids out of school. the cdc is saying get kids into school and deal with the safety concerns there. >> thats right. and the reason theyre saying that is because we have growing evidence that there are ways to get kids back to school safely. right? so over the last year we have shown that if you mask kids, if you do testing protocols, even without vaccinations, you can keep kids safe. add to it the fact that all kids ...