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Are provocative. here is the bottom line. helt me read it to you here right off the top. with evidence that covid-19 is becoming a milder nekds in most children, and at a time when all adults and youth in k-to-12 settings have been offered vaccination, the childrens hospital of philadelphia supports in-person education. a and now, look at this. even in times of significant community transmission. this -- this is a pretty incredible thing, right? this is one of the most preeminent childrens hospi...

Require vaccinations with an option for weekly testing. the rule is expected to affect more than 80 million workers. dr. marc siegel professor of medicine at the langone medical center and andy mccarthy. both fox news contributors. dr. siegel. given the vaccine mandate was put in place by president biden when delta was at its height. now we have the omicron variant which the vaccines dont protect us against. maybe from hospitalizations. dr. fauci and the fda commissioner said that the other day....

Measures. if we put these in place, then we can do well by our kids. my concern is that many places, schools arent implementing necessarily all of these measures. i recognize there are going to be some circumstances where if many educators are out sick, if they test positive, they may have to take temporary emergency measures but we should be doing everything we can to get our kids back to school as soon as possible. >> so let me ask you about that because you talk about educators being out and ...

Many say they feel unsafe. they say the school district isnt doing enough. the union is asking for n95 masks, consistent weekly testing for everybody, and guaranteed sick leave. >> some people just want to be safe. i mean, it is, it is a surge that we are concerned about. >> now, some teachers chose not to participate. >> elementary schools have chosen to participate because we know how hard that is on parents. >> in oakland, a group of teachers is planning a one-day sick out for today. norweg...

The citys south and west side. and for those of you who arent familiar, those are predominantly black and brown communities, and these are schools in low-income neighborhoods. these teachers are saying their schools are not safe, and they need that extra layer of support. erin. >> adri kren, thank you very much. you know, all these questions about testing as adrienne said. the union saying testing, testing, testing. but again, to reiterate from the childrens hospital of philadelphia, discontinue...

District will provide enhanced weekly testing . on top of that, the city and district will provide students and staff with kn 95 masks. there is also a provision for upgraded contact tracing, where people will be paid to do the contact tracing. and here was another sticking point, a threshold or metrics in place, triggering schools individually to flip to remote learning while in the middle of high transmission of covid. and when we say high transmission, were talking about guidelines outlined b...

Vaccinated. now you could argue that the detriment of continued social isolation, prevention -- not allowing kids to attend school and have access to education and all the services they receive, these are greater risks to our country than the virus itself. >> thats the argument for schools that they should be open. you also lay out how you think they should be open. and on this list you put out, number four is discontinue required weekly testing of asymptomatic people. stop regular or weekly sch...

>> in your mind, is there a difference in the mandate between mandating a vaccine and mandating weekly testing? >> well, a vaccine is a lot cheaper, and it is an effective measure in the face of a grave danger which we have. with testing, you get into much bigger expenses. you also get into problems of well, did the person get sick between tests? so testing is certainly better than nothing. but its not nearly as effective as a vaccine, and if you are trying to eliminate the risk erktively, then ...

That have destroyed our country, energy, jobs livelihoods, our families. >> todd: another fox news alert. the supreme court blocking joe bidens federal vaccine mandate for private businesses. >> carley: the president and vice president slub on changing the game plan. ashley is live with the details. ashley. >> ashley: it was a blow when the u.s. supreme court ruled biden overstepped authority to impose vaccine mandate for more than 80 million americans, it would have made businesses get vaccinat...