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Do, continue to look at case count. right now they're right, far too early to say it's time to change course, still have 300,000 cases. but if we continue to see what governor murphy predicts, further into the spring you'll see the cdc start to take action. remember, every time they take action they get criticized because they don't -- say take off masks and five or six months later, something will happen, someone will say aha, they're wrong. they have to do when they think it's right, not jump the gun. >> looming over all this, fear of another dangerous variant that could pop up. how importan...

Weeks from now when this will be lifted in terms of -- of a hitle bit better weather and ventilation options. you put all that together, you analyze those data streams and realities it's pretty clear that this, in our judgment, is the right, responsible step to take. >> so, do these sound like reasonable metrics for loosening restrictions? should the white house follow this? >> well, look. if you are a governor, good news is few and far between and governor murphy is one of the best. he is -- he is a friend. he is incredibly thoughtful. um, he is indeed right that things are headed the right d...

To some restrictions. these are responsible governors with great vaccination rates, and we all hope they're right. but we're going to have to wait and see for march to know. for now, i personally will be wearing a mask indoors. still don't want to catch a highly contagious disease, even though i'm vaccinated and protected from something serious. >> earlier today, new jersey governor phil murphy was asked what factors he looked at for ending school masking next month. here it is. >> a number of factors, our case count, hospitalizations, positivity rate and rate of transmission, all dropping lik...

Look, the game clock is still ticking. we can't afford to pause and we can't stop playing while the movement is still in motion. we need to be watching case levels at a very hyper fashion, meaning how many infections are there where you live? what are the access to vaccines, to treatments? what's the surge in the hospitals in the community where you are? are we ready to pull back some of those bedrock and baseline preventions? i don't think we are. if we're following the data and the science, we'll be doing what's in the best interest of those who are vulnerable. >> you're hitting on something...

Protocols, last guidance were based on delta which per individual was far more severe than omicron which has dominated the covid landscape. and they needed to switch to recognize that. although omicron is far less severe. it's based on case count, assuming every case is very serious, instead, they're also including metrics that include the proportion of hospital beds occupied by covid patients and hospitalizations per person. so, i think this is a recognition that we are not going to get to covid zero. so what do we do from there. this is guidance that meets that, plus it meets the fact that l...