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Me just take a look. we have to learn to live with this virus and move on with life. we have vaccines and medications but we cannot shut down or lock down over this anymore, says emr. you would say what? >> i totally agree, we cant lock down, shut down. well have to learn to live with coronavirus. and part of living with it is taking precautions to reduce risk like wearing a mask going indoors, like improving the ventilation indoors, and like getting a vaccine. thats living with it. ignoring it ...

Not just the vaccines and the boosters, but testing, using masks judiciously, and using better ventilation and gathering better ventilated spaces. what i would say to folks out there, i know its tough right now. i know theres a prospect of another wave with omicron coming, but we now know more about how to stay safe than weve ever known. if youre vaccinated and boosted, your risk of having a bad outcome with covid-19 is much, much lower and we will get to the end of this pandemic. weve gone thro...

Around the country it is important that we try everything to help children to be able to learn safely but its unfortunate the government has failed to heed the warnings they have had from sage last may in 2020, that ventilation in schools is vital because they have not addressed that. its also important the address some of the other factors in the spread of omicron so that children can get back to learning as soon as possible. yet again here we are one year on from schools being told one thing a...

Work learning and their lives safely. it is the key to what will prevent further restrictions going into january and february. the people, as we have seen over christmas, actually, when people did the right thing and tested before going to see their families, people do the right thing but we have got to make sure the tests are available for them when they need them and where they need them. you for them when they need them and where they need them.— for them when they need them and where they ...

School has been tough for so many reasons, and so many kids have been left behind over the past couple of years because its so hard to shift back and forth. and its hard to be in class remotely when youre in third grade and have to stare at a screen all day. >> i know. >> whats really tricky is we also know theres a chance teachers and staff are going to have to be out the next few weeks because of how transmissible omicron is. maybe not in school, but because of how we live our lives. i think i...

About imposing masks on children in schools because i worry about their well—being, anxiety and mental health, which has already suffered because of school closures during lockdown. but its backed for now by the teaching unions. if this is a short—term fix as the government says, and one of a number of different measures including ventilation and moving ofsted to the sidelines, if thats going to do what we all want and keep young people in their school or college, then that will, i think, be...

To be done. we need probably 2 to 3 billion tests a months, not hundreds of millions. billions of tests a month, if we want people in america to take, say, two tests a week before gatherings and other things. and then you have masking. we have to upgrade from sort of flimsy cotton masks to really serious k95, kn95 masks. wear them indoors. wear them outdoors if youre going to a crowded situation. then we have ventilation, which has not been well publicized here, getting hepa filters and making s...

Obviously we all want children back in school, we want children learning and we want them with their friends but we want to do it safely. masks are an additional layer of protection and with omicron raging around the country is this important to make sure we do everything to help children learn safely but it is unfortunate the government has failed to heed the warnings from sage, last may, not even 2021 by 2020, that ventilation in schools is vital because i havent addressed that. it is also imp...

Is all her friends are talking about. is there a safe way to send kids back to school from your medical perspective? >> happy new year, tiffany, and thanks for having me. i think were asking the wrong question too often, should children be in school and the way that you framed it is best. what are the conditions? what are the characteristics or features of the environment that would allow for the safe education of both students and teachers. we need to emphasize on an environmental scan, do scho...

Care. i think thats a key question that nicola sturgeon is going to face this afternoon. the welsh government is providing schools and colleges with £103 million in funding, as the new term gets under way. nearly half will be earmarked for capital repair and improvement work, with a focus on health and safety measures, including improving ventilation. the bulk of the remainder will help schools deal with the impact of the pandemic. well, the cabinet is meeting to discuss whether to carry on wit...