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>> what is your advice to school boards around the country on covid shutdowns? >> weve got to keep our kids in the classroom. we must exhaust all resources and put all of our efforts into doing so. mike, the psychological strain on our children, the damage to their mental and emotional well-being has been so severe that we are seeing an increase in ptsd, anxiety, depression, mood disorders. pediatric er visits have increase. suicide and substance abuse and drug and alcohol abuse. it really has t...

Dollars by the federal government, but, of course, the government did not say specifically how that money is supposed to be spent, and a lot of them say the testing and the staff to administer the test is just going to have to come from local health departments or state governments. >> doctor hilton, theyre talking about a test to stay. weve got millions of kids about to head back to school at the same time that we are seeing a troubling up tick in pediatric hospitalizations. what do you think d...

>> we look at the data on a daily basis. that hasnt changed. theres no further medses before the new year. we are taking measures, people should remain cautious, as we approach new years celebrations. scelebrate outside, if you can. ventilation indoors, if you can. remain cautious. as we get into the new year, we will see if we need to make further measures. >> reporter: the french government will not put in place lockdowns or curfews. ahead of new years eve, theres tougher restrictions ahead in...

I will read it aloud so we can respond. what do we have? we dont have a choice who we are stuffed into a cabin with, says julie. you, obviously, agree with that point? >> yes. i agree with that point. and i think the same thing is true when you go to a restaurant, when you go to the theater, when you go outdoors -- when you go into some facility. you dont choose who they are. you dont know how good the ventilation is. although on airplanes it is good. you know, a lot of people are not good about...

This is a difficult situation for but firstly, i want to point out that of course, the kids most at risk are under five years old. because, there is no criteria for them to get vaccinated pay but remember, there are multiple kids in our family often. kids in america, five to 11 age group, there are 28 million of these kids. we urge them to get vaccinated, because if they get vaccinated, its a less chance of them passing it on to the kids. those numbers are pretty depressing. only 14% of kids in ...

Do everything we can to make schools safer. that means improving ventilation, aggressively trying to get as many children vaccinated as possible, and to make testing possible as well. i think one of the things that we risk is teachers and school staff absences, making it really different to deliver education. so at this point i would not advocate for schools closing, but weve got a lot of work to do to make schools safer. >> yeah, and not a lot of days ahead in order to do it. i really appreciat...

Students at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire started this school year testing how well the air we exhale is circulating inside classrooms.

And take a lateral flow test, if that makes sense. celebrate outside, if you can. have ventilation indoors if you can, please remain cautious. many businesses will drink to that. but at this pub in bristol, they say that even existing restrictions have hit them hard. weve already lost a very, very big trading period — already. a really key trading period. next month, itll have little impact, because its a quiet time of year anyway. government ministers are still worried about the effect that s...

Thats where vaccination really comes into play. we have a high level of vaccination in new york city already, in part due to everything that weve done to improve access and provide incentives and adopt vaccine requirements. we have to continue focusing on things like uptake of booster doses as well as the preventive measures like masking and testing and improving ventilation that can help to slow the spread in the coming weeks. >> doctor, i got to ask you really, really quickly here. when are we...

>> we have a mandate to maximum 2-year-olds. we are unique in the world and that, the world health organization argues against masking children 225. there is no randomized evidence masking children has any effect whatsoever on the spread of the disease. it is almost two years into the pandemic and the cdc has not done a randomized trial on this divisive policy. you saw that unfortunate video we just watched together. it has created a social division and the sense that some people essentially can...