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This state. >> yeah. every state and every district within a state has a different way of doing it, which doesn't help. but we'll continue to stay on this story. ismael el-amin, thank you so much for talking with us. >> appreciate it. well, the u.s. cdc is considering updating its mask guidance given how easily the omicron variant spreads. "the washington post" reports the agency is weighing a recommendation that n95 or kn95 masks should be worn instead of cloth masks. experts say the three-ply cloth masks don't provide enough filtration. but some people don't like the kn95 or n95 masks beca...

Place over -- over the past three semesters, so this is our third semester working with covid protocols in place, whether it's the filtration or whether it's the kind of the vaccine mandate or whether it's actually the testing protocol. i think that los angeles, we have really one of the strongest testing protocols around, so even those positivity rates you just described, you know, today we're seeing lower numbers. it's about 13% for our students, 11%, just under 12% for our employees, so having people in school is safer for them and we think that's what's going to be shown as people return t...

Know absolutely for sure that you're not infected in some way. (. >> sure, jim, you've got it exactly right. you're in a confined space with an awful lot of people, and no matter how good the air hand sklg and filtration is, on those planes there's been circumstances where diseases such as tuberculosis, much less contagious than omicron has been transmitted during long flights. so we need everyone to collaborate and to participate in wearing the mask. now, this was also a person who likely not wearing the mask on the plane was not very careful in their day-to-day life in the weeks preceding th...

Miguel almaguer now with the latest. >> reporter: it will be the largest appointment of personal protective equipment in u.s. history. the first of those 400 million nonsurgical n95 masks should be shipped out to pharmacies and community health centers by the end of this week, allowing the first americans to pick them up for free, shortly after. but the program won't likely be up to full speed until february after most models predict the omicron surge will finally be behind us. >> we're moving toward a time when covid-19 won't disrupt our daily lives. where covid-19 won't be a crisis, but some...

Protection against the omicron variant. at the start of the pandemic the agency did not recommend these masks because of shortages, fwu white house now says there's a stockpile of 750 million n95 masks. here's what cdc director dr. rochelle wolensky had to say on this yesterday. >> the cdc continues to recommend that any mask is better than no mask, and we do encourage all americans to wear a well-fitting mask to protect themselves and prevent the spread of covid-19. we will provide information on improved filtration that occurs with other masks such as n95, information the republican lick nee...