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We re going to continue this conversation as i m joined by dr. peter hotez, co-director for the center for vaccine development at texas children s hospital and dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylor college of medicine. dr. hotez, welcome, sir. your reaction, first of all, to the policy in california that would allow asymptomatic health care workers, those who have tested positive, to still go back to work immediately. is it a good idea? well, it s a desperation measure, alex, and one we had hoped to avoid. the reality is the reason omicron is such a problem is hospitalizations are mounting because of omicron, problem number one. if you don t have the staff to take care of them, the docs, the nurses, the respiratory therapists, that s when mortality climbs. people are still getting heart attacks and strokes and all of the other medical conditions, so we can t take care of them. it s a desperation measure. i wrote an article if you remember a month ago in the l.. ....