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That's for sure. >> we saw so many schools do different things. i wonder if you look back on some of the schools that for instance, that opened sooner, but took the mitigation efforts, the masks, maybe split the class in half, there was a morning and an afternoon so they could distance. is that something now, as you look back, you say maybe that was a better route? >> possibly, yes. i think that's the reason why you always got to look back and see what worked and what did not work to be prepared for the next time. again, you know, viruses sometimes act differently. i mean, not every virus is g...

He later apologized for that too. a judge ordered him to stop making posts after he implored fellow cops to hold the line in resisting mitigation efforts even though coronavirus was the leading cause of death for police officers both this year and in 2020. michael daly, special correspondent for the daily beast, had an interview with a celebrated chicago police veteran who said, quote, chicago police, go get fully vaccinated, stop listening to all these fricking mopes. michael daly joins me now. who is this police officer you talked to for this piece? >> he's a rough and tumble cop. when i was...

Me is how interconnected we all are and when we wear masks we're doing it for ourselves and our communities and to prevent the transmission of this virus even further from new mutations to arise and we can ultimately get to a sense of normalcy. one of the mitigation efforts we use. children have been remarkably resilient to masking. both of my children age 4 and 7 have been wearing masks since the beginning of this pandemic and now it's second nature the home. >> right. you don't have to ask. once you get into a rhythm of thing. they understand the benefits as well. all right, doctor, thank yo...

Joining me now in missouri is shaquille brewster. how have things changed since you were there over the summer? >> during the summer, i had the fire chief, one of the first main responders to covid calls. he told me he was witnessing a mass casualty event happening in very slow motion. you had doctors say what they were seeing inside the icus were comparable or comparable to what they saw in war zones. they thought they would are up out of ventilators at a certain point. they reached their peak in july and now you've seen the numbers come down dramatically. hospitalizations now a fraction of a...

What they were during the summer months. hospitalizations and deaths also going down. and i just spoke to the hospital executive. i've been talking to the health department, and they say it's a multitude of factors. it's the masking that you saw, even in schools. at least in localized areas. you saw more mitigation efforts. you saw people step up their concern and step up their reply and response to the virus because of the spread they saw in the area. i just spoke to the hospital ceo, and he said now most of the patients that they're dealing with are coming from outside of the area where thos...