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Hospital. you're having up to 100 patients sometimes waiting to get a bed in the e.r. it's taking care of those things. it's a real burden i think physically, mentally, everything, on these health care workers. this provide some relief in those places. >> on masks, the vice president was asked this morning about masks, if americans should be wearing n-95s or kn-95s. this is what she said. >> the cdc is making their decisions. i don't make the cdc's decisions. you want to wear a tight-fitting mask. that is clear. we want to urge everybody to do that. in terms of the n-95 masks, they are availab...

Wear an n 95 or kn 95 more than once? >> yes. you can wear it a rule of thumb is up to 40 hours of use. the filter does not go bad for days to weeks. >> experts now say with omicron, it's high time to upgrade from cloth. >> cloth masks are little more than facial deck core races. >> some say there's been way to be that we ourselves, the front line workers, other influential people have actually curated on what works and what doesn't work based on evidence. >> n 95 and kn 95s are not cheap. they've averaged between 80 cents and $2 apiece.

Information available at the classroom level each week. there is masks, kn-95s and for taf first day back and there is conversations around for example decisions to move a school remote, which makes sense if you have a large number of staff and students out. not because of spread in the school, but because there is a lot of covid. but the decision to take the whole district remote is one that means we can't count those days toward education, but more importantly we see our kids not do well here. we had 100,000 kids disconnected from school when we tried to do remote learning. if i knew omicron...

That seems to be case. we've always known that the coronavirus is airborne pretty much and omicron is delta on steroids, meaning that the transmissibility is much higher. so the traditional surgical mas masks are not going to do the job. if people recall the original intent of the masks were to prevent the spread of you giving the virus to someone else. but the surgical masks, they prevent you from getting the virus. n-95s, kn-95s are masks that have high fidelity filtration systems and they fit your face in the correct way, meaning that don't let air leak out among the contour of the face, an...

Variant. >> we should be wearing the best possible mask we can get, that's a fact. >> n 95 and kn 95s are better than cloth masks. how? one group comparing leakage found cloth masks can leak 75% in and out. surgical masks only 50%. n 95 masks as low as 1 to 10% if correctly fitted. >> you want to make sure that they fit properly. you've got to make sure it's really snug. it's an effective mask. that's the thing. >> n 95s are similar to kn 95s because they have high efficiency filters. n 95 has a slight edge. >> it has a great fit to your face. >> another key question, can you