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On six-foot sticks. it is completely changed. the emergency phase of the pandemic is over. people know it. it is time to move on. >> laura: dr. battacharya, i was talking to one of our mutual friends. he said by his calculation, we could be at 94%, zero prevalence. explain what that means and why it could be significant? >> when the disease first arrived, no one was immune. no one had any exposure to it. it could cause severe disease. now, what 94 cyril prevalence means na a large fraction of the population is recovered from covid or has some protection due to the vaccine. that means that it i...

We can now speak to dr syra madad wh's an infectious disease specialist and the special pathogens program senior director at nyc health and hospitals.. thank you very much for being with theirs. as he mentioned there, he has said it is time to return to normality. how do you feel about that? i to return to normality. how do you feel about that?— you feel about that? i mean, they are _ you feel about that? i mean, they are all _ you feel about that? i mean, they are all ready _ you feel about that? i mean, they are all ready to - you feel about that? i mean, they are all ready to return i you...

Back and get it right and hold people accountable for persistent and almost purposeful errors in judgment, scientific judgment? >> you know, there's a term that we use in clinical trials in a very safety monitoring is called being responsive to the data and i wouldn't give high marks for our public health officials and even those some of the media in terms of being responsive to the data. it's always humbling to have a rapidly evolving virus, a viral pandemic where there's so many unknowns and what we need now is we need just a fresh new start with the emergency phase of the pandemic is closed...

The same is true for transportation the tsa saying the mask requirement remains in place and we will continue to assess the duration of the requirement in consultation with the cdc. >> we're entering a new phase of the pandemic where we are now, i think, away from this kind of emergency phase. we need to enter a period of time where we learn how to live with this virus. >> seven months after recommending masks again during the delta surge, tonight, a clear sign of change seen on the faces of americans miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> also tonight as we observe black history month, a developing tr...

Emergency phase. we really need to enter a period of time where we know how to live with this virus. >> reporter: seven months after recommending masks again during the delta surge, tonight a clear sign of change seen on the faces of americans. miguel almaguer, nbc news. thank you for watching msnbc reports. i'm lindsey reiser. i will be back tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. eastern. "velshi" starts right now. good morning, it's saturday, february 26th, 7:00 a.m. here in new york. 2:00 p.m. in kyiv. fighting between the russian army and ukrainian people is continuing for a third day. i'm ali velshi. ...