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It sounds like we don't have andy biggs right now. congressman? nope. all right, well, hopefully we get the congressman back in just a moment. so after a lot of speculation, new york city's incoming mayor eric adams announced that he is keeping de blasio positive as private sector vaccine mandate, which means that basically anyone working in new york city needs to be vaccinated. and that's not all. his team brought us this new year's eve message. >> we will also study the need for what we are calling the up-to-date mandate, which would require new yorkers to have their booster shots under the ...

Actually called your friends to say good-bye, you asked your 14-year-old son to give your daughter away at her wedding. >> yeah. >> i mean, when you look back on that and when you consider what your life would have meant to the people you were leaving behind, and i know that this can't be easy to talk about, what do you say to people who often believe, well, even if i get sick, it's not going to be that bad or now look at these breakthrough cases with omicron, what's the point? >> you know, that's a great question, and we can't -- we can't forecast the future. we doesn't know how your body is ...

Omicron and the deadliness of delta we would have already seen the absolute collapse of our health care system in the national capital region and some other parts of the northeast. i'm thankful for that and i'm glad we're starting the new year with at least that sort of news, but what's coming for the rest of the country could be very serious and they need to be prepared. >> how concerned are you that so many people who are testing positive are vaccinated, particularly ones of recent and maybe among some of your colleagues that you speak of, how concerned are you about the rapidity of the brea...

Argument. it will always be there and when we have rhino virus and flu virus. 10 to 25% of the population will contract a respiratory virus. you can use the excuse you don't want to leave the home because of the pathogens but we have to move on. >> harris: president biden put the omicron surge on the shoulders of americans who are unvaccinated. the president has repeatedly done this despite a rash of breakthrough cases. let's watch. >> president biden: there is no excuse. no excuse for anyone being unvaccinated. this continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated. we have to make more progress...

Less than those who are not vaccinated but break through infections are occurring but those vaccinated are not dying. we really have to change our mindset when it comes to covid-19 and these vaccines because i see a lot of people that are upset when they get break breakthrough cases. the vaccines were not designed to get you from getting covid. they were designed to prevent you from dying from covid. >> i wonder what you make of the cdc. there's been some pushback for them cutting isolation from ten days to five days if someone tests positive. should the enough guidance have included a testing...