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Gotten boosted and a significant number of hospitalizations and deaths, and about 2500 people died yesterday, so hospital capacity is still quite low. and so i think all of those metrics are very important to deciding whether or not we should pull back mask mandates or not. and i think now is not the time. >> certainly, the omicron levels have dropped, but they have dropped from such a high place, that you know, as you point out, case rates are still pretty high. higher than they were early last fall, to be sure. and so doctor, let me ask you this. i assume that you would recommend that if the...

There is leeway for municipalities to make some of their own rules. that's why we're here in portola valley. this is san matteo county, so now, with the indoor mask mandate coming off for people who are vaccinated in california, as of last wednesday, you can go into that supermarket behind me without a mask, no problem. but if you're essentially across the street, that's santa clara county. they still have a mask mandate because they want to wait for the case rates to come down some more. this also extends to individual businesses, so for example, a hair salon owner over in fremont in alameda ...

Relatively well protected, your district or your school has a reasonable vaccination rate, your case rates are coming down, then, yes, districts, i think, can move forward with lifting mask mandates and going without in the coming weeks. i strongly urge parents, families who are in areas of high case numbers who haven't gotten their eligible kids vaccinated to go ahead and get them vaccinated. that is another really important step for families to take, to feel comfortable releasing these mask mandates, to give kids more freedoms. our 5- to 11-year-olds are still only at 23% in terms of the vac...

Sort of offering metrics could be, when they could start to lift guidelines and you've seen that there has been confusion by the lack of those guidelines because a lot of not just republican states but democratic states have started to lift mask mandates for businesses, for indoor spaces, in some states schools have announced a date where schools can lift the mask mandate so this is part of a bit of the cdc playing catchup to what is happening across the country but the agency is looking at looser mask requirements based not only on case rates and vasion vaccination rates and hospitalizations ...

20 people in england have covid—19. we have a no sub—variant of omicron thatis we have a no sub—variant of omicron that is more infections than the one we've had which is probably dominant in england this week and has caused high rates in denmark and northern ireland. we are not out of the wave yet. we are better than we were a month ago but we are not out yet. that is why i say it is too early. it is up to scientist to continue with the messaging and waiting to see how the public response, what level of... the minister talks about personal responsibility, what action the public takes in...