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Lift their mask mandates and ease restrictions? >> well, it's part of the issue. we're flying blind a little bit when it comes to many of these different metrics. you know, we know that the numbers are still very high, but they're coming down. we know that if you look at the cdc projections, 61,000 people are still sadly expected to die over the next four weeks, jake. these are astounding numbers still. but at the same time the numbers seem to be coming down. i think that's why hospitalization data has been in some ways the truest data. it's much more accountable. although even that, you know,...

Broad agreement that's the task at hand. >> let's get some insights and expertise from the executive vice chairman of emergency medicine at massachusetts general hospital in boston. grateful for your time. does the government need to change the standard, if you will, somehow redefine high transmission as the cdc or set some other standard that helps mayors and governors decide you need a mask, do you need a mandate? >> that's a great question and this is the time to start asking it. the first graph you showed was fantastic. as you said, most of the country is actually looking better than it di...

To wear a mask, if you want to protect yourself that way, please go ahead. if you're wondering why did they change so dramatically, the cdc is looking at case numbers to set their guidance, now, they're also looking at hospitalization data. christi, boris. >> elizabeth, thank you so much. still ahead, the crisis in ukraine is having ripple effects around the world. including here at home. why many americans are now bracing to pay more at the pump, when we come back. before treating your chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month each lasting 4 hours or more, you're not the only one w...

Being doomed. let's just start on the vaccination data. it continues to be a kind of informational bed rock here for all of this.l here is the new york data. hospitalization data. that we're seeing right now. you know, we're just seeing a huge difference between the hospitalizations for folks that are unvaccinated and vaccinated. you can see that enormous spike there in folks who are unvaccinated. that's like per capita versus d vaccinated. we see this play out all over the place. the sort of immunity wall of vaccination against severe illness seems to be holding in the latest wave. w is that ...

Can you extrapolate that to the united states? what should we be looking at? >> yeah, that's probably true. remember, you've got to balance less hospitalizations with more cases, and, you know, hopefully they don't balance out in the favorable category. i think that's -- it's a positive sign, but it could be outweighed by just the avalanche of cases. the second thing i would say, if you look at the hospitalization data between the vaccinated and unvaccinated, you're talking about a 35 times higher rate of hospitalizations with the unvaccinated than the vaccinated. that's true from delta, proba...