hour very basic, some figuring this out a while ago. makes you scratch your head on why we are so stuck on testing. a new report suggests that cloth masks may not provide adequate protection against the very infectious omicron variant, and former fda commissioner scott gottlieb said this. >> cloth masks aren't going to provide a lot of protection. that's the bottom line. this is an airborne illness, we now understand that. it's not going to protect you from a virus that spreads through airborne transmission. it could protect better for droplet transmission, something like the flu, but not something like this coronavirus. >> harris: and your advice on this? >> i think scott is correct, and i think the evidence is mounting that omicron is highly infectious and the typical single-cloth masks do not help. a surgical mask is better, or a type of n95 mask is obviously the best. you have to weigh your own risk and benefit for that, but i