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Break quarantine after five days, and then wear a mask for five days. i think that's perfectly fair. >> dr. ramirez, though, why not a distinction between those that are vaccinated versus those that are unvaccinated when it comes to quarantine time after testing positive? >> well, i think we're at a different point in the pandemic, yasmin. you know, now we're at a place where a lot of the american public is vaccinated. not nearly as much as we wish there were and as many as there need to be to fully protect the public. but at this point, you know, it's getting increasingly difficult for people...

Children's hospital of philadelphia and is on the fda vaccine's advisory committee. dr. mario ramirez is an emergency physician and managing director at opportunity labs. welcome to you all, guys. thanks for joining us on this. dr. offit, i want you to weigh in first on these adjusted guidance when it comes to quarantining after either testing positive or being exposed to someone who is covid positive. >> i think it makes sense. i mean, if you're -- the way that this virus works, and most viruses work, is the virus initially reproduces its in the upper respiratory track. and then that's when y...

>> dr. offit, weigh in on that for me as well. we already have a lot of vaccine hesitancy in this country. dr. ramirez is right in talking about that. how a lot of folks won't even get boosted, who have gotten to vaccines. this would essentially be four doses inside one year. we're not talking about something similar to the flu vaccine, which you get on a yearly basis, just once. is it too soon? >> so the question is, what do we want from this vaccine? if what we want from this vaccine is protection against serious illness, which is the goal we've seat for every vaccine, by which i mean, prote...

Offit and dr. ramirez, thank you guys, appreciate it. we are staying on this story, everybody, as cases spread across this country. a new warning about hospitalizations and kids. the doctor who sounded that alarm is joining me. but first, a shooting spree in denver, leaving at least four people dead and three others injured across seven scenes. the latest details on that, coming up next. scenes. the late dstetails on that, coming up next