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School or wherever. you should stay home until you get a negative test. i wish there were more of these tests. more are on the way. make sure we are ramping up production of these tests. there's going to be a shortage in some of the reagents needed to make those tests and need to ramp up that supply chain so we have these in our arsenal ready to end omicron but also ready to fight that next variant. >> let me get to the next headline, biden officials divided on message over n-95 masks for all, the cdc stopping short of recommending people should choose some masks over others. some may choose t...

Work stoppage. >> chicago public school teachers are back in their classrooms today after their union's leadership approved a deal to end their week long walkout. >> agreement but it's something that we can hold our heads up about. we felt like much as we could get right now. >> with this deal the increase weekly student testing for students and when individual schools can decide to go remote. the agreement includes several items cps agreed to before the walkout such as providing kn-95 masks and schools bring back health screeners if they like. absent from the proposal are several of the bigge...

Incubation period is short, much more intense, then comes down. i don't know that we have tremendous evidence of that at the moment. it's also matched with the guidance about wearing masks for the remaining five days, which i think is very important. i think this is another thing that we need to emphasize much more clearly than we have. the importance of good masking. like you, i've been out and about. you still see lots of cotton masks, lodge of surgical masks. you need an n-95 or kn-95, you need it because the flexible band over the nose and very, very tight cupping around the face, that is ...

For kids grade 3 through 8 on lower than normal this fall. what is the latest? the night before, another day of who knows what for kids in school? >> erin, tonight, the battle continues. about an hour ago, the district published a tweet saying no decision has been made yet regarding school tomorrow. the district saying it continues negotiations at this hour, and they will update parents as soon as that's when the district issued a news release, saying the union had 11 fproposals on the table. there has been some agreement. let's start with the good news. in the win column for both sides, cps w...

>> well, really, there are two major points to look at, rosemary. number one, as we have talked about repeatedly is the mask. they are available in a good fitting mask, a kn-95 that is available for younger children. that is when they are in groups, whether if you decide you have to put them in school or into day care or child care, have a well-fitting mask and teach them how to use it. change it about once a week. the second issue is, don't put them in group settings. if they're going to be out potentially with a large number of people, a birthday party or something, maybe think about it. sma...