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Video messaging did not increase the percentage of people with IBD who got influenza vaccinations in a randomized trial.

From masks to vaccines, Assoc. Prof. Emily Landon answers questions about protecting your health

>> two things i would do. first, i would reinstate mask mandates for -- particularly public transit, and i'd be focusing on -- what we're doing about ventilation efforts. how are we getting the air changes per hour, in indoor buildings. what is the progress on that, with the timeline, with the funding, how it is going to happen and one is going to happen? those are two key things that i would want to know right now, and want to be done right now. >> the ventilation is importing. i'm so glad you mentioned it. doctor, 20 seconds left, why would you do? >> door to door vaccinations and boosters f...

Of -- oh, is he back? do you want to finish your point? >> the point i'm making is that, when you have a lot of transmission, even a small enforcement digital huge numbers a lot of people. we still saw that there are more deaths during omicron, and then there was during delta. we were taking care of patients who were immunocompromised, elderly, who had -- and these people matter. you can't just say that the people who are valley vernal are getting, six or no bills has to worry. it doesn't work that way. we're in this together. you can get around that. >> yeah, it's interesting that people say,...

Now this virus while it's spreading is finding some people who are particularly vulnerable to more serious disease. the unvaccinated, the partially vaccinated, people frail, who are immunocompromised. and so we're seeing slight increases in hospitalizations occurring across the country but so far they've been slight and what i would anticipate is continuing these mild spreads but the increases in hospitalizations should be moderated. and if we would all get up to date in our vaccinations we can protect our health care systems as well as protecting ourselves. >> all right. i'm glad you got that...