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School has been tough for so many reasons, and so many kids have been left behind over the past couple of years because it's so hard to shift back and forth. and it's hard to be in class remotely when you're in third grade and have to stare at a screen all day. >> i know. >> what's really tricky is we also know there's a chance teachers and staff are going to have to be out the next few weeks because of how transmissible omicron is. maybe not in school, but because of how we live our lives. i think it's important to get kids in school as much as possible for education, and socioeconomic conseq...

Reduce the risk of transmission. and ideally to reduce people and teacher absence from school. and that's important because we saw those absence rates increased quite significantly in december as the new variant began to take hold.— significantly in december as the new variant began to take hold. yeah, we don't know how _ variant began to take hold. yeah, we don't know how much _ variant began to take hold. yeah, we don't know how much the _ variant began to take hold. yeah, we don't know how much the christmas | don't know how much the christmas holidays will have acted as a fire break give...

Slipping through the net if they are not able to go to school and have day—to—day contact with their teachers. and face coverings are one mitigation that the government is taking to reduce the risk of transmission, and ideally to reduce pupil and teacher absence from school, and that's important because we saw those absence rates increase quite significantly in december, as the new variant began to take hold. yeah, we don't know how much the christmas holidays will have acted as a firebreak, given how transmissible omicron is, but obviously most schools, if they are getting their pupils an...

Come away thinking, i don't know, blatant falsehood like children are on ventilators across this country in record numbers. either way, peter, either way, rachel, the bottom line is this you have to have -- and this is an important issue, because it's the issue going forward, you have to have supreme court justices who are smarter. you have to have supreme court justices who are better, rachel. rachel: absolutely. and by the way i know that, you know, i have to ask the question, when we see that omicron is -- you are seeing break through cases more in those that are vaccinated. i saw alex bere...

People _ when we hear about unvaccinated people in — when we hear about unvaccinated people in hospital, we have to consider— people in hospital, we have to consider that they were children... ithink— consider that they were children... i think there — consider that they were children... i think there are still things we need _ i think there are still things we need to— i think there are still things we need to plan out a bit more about this is— need to plan out a bit more about this is an — need to plan out a bit more about this is an unpredictable virus. but are trying — this...