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Marissa Pierce shared her stress on TikTok over what to tell her manager while in active labor, highlighting the lack of paid family leave policy in the U.S.
We are showing everybody a map of -- of the other countries. some of 'em are hard to see. is this a missed opportunity if this stays out? >> well, it's certainly disheartening. i know, eight out of ten women are not provided some form of family medical leave by their employers and it's also an equity issue if you think about it this has disproportionate effect on women of color, black and brown women. according to mom -- moms rising, african-american moms just earn 52 cents on the dollar for what white fathers earn. and so, we are often living on the margins and can't afford to take off and th...
Both chambers and both parties since the founding of the first hbcu that goes back to 1837. we've gotten the short end of the stick in terms of government and private sector support, so it's a major equity issue that has forced hbcus and more than 300,000 students who attend to always do more with less. so we have a time now where we can -- if you're going to build back better, we must build our hbcus back, better infrastructure on these campuses. it's led to hbcus holding about $25 billion on deferred maintains on these campuses, and by comparison, if you compare the endowments of every hbcu ...
People will get a lot of exposure, more likely to get sick. what the cdc seemed to focus on is does it make a difference with this population in terms of transmission overall. yes if you're sick. you're high risk because you have underlying conditions. that is different. but for a healthy person they just didn't think the data was clear even if they're in some sort of front line job to recommend a booster. what you kept hearing over and over were two things. one is that the vaccines do work really well as they are. two shots. we need to be very specific about who we think would get additional ...
Medical. can you walk us through what the fda is taking into consideration during tomorrow's meeting? what factors are they locking at when making a decision? three studies in the new england journal of medicine, this other in the lancet. the w.h.o. not for boosters. they want vaccines to go to a lot of countries around the world that are in need of them and don't even have one shot or two shots yet before even thinking about a booster. >> yeah. i think the equity issue is a big issue. aside from that, just looking at the data i think is what they're going to be doing at the advisory committee...