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Osha director. who made the point, the way osha works, and anybody who works in a place that is governed by osha has those posters up, that aren't in the cafeteria, that is, if there is a hazard, that you as an employer can prevent your workers from being exposed to, you have an obligation to do. so the way this mandate seem to be phrased, covid is a hazard, and you can take steps to prevent your employees from getting it, so you should do so. the former director seems to think that that made it legally sound. what's happened to that? >> two things have happened. one, i think there was an argu...

Hospitals, and things are likely to get worse. omicron has made us entirely reevaluate the way we're handling this pandemic, and it won't be the last variant to which we must adjust. so the question is, as covid evolves, how do we evolve? and as we're coming up on two years of this pandemic, with no end in sight, what will our new normal be? you may remember that during the presidential transition, between the time biden won the election, and when he was inaugurated, the then president-elect made his own covid-19 advisory board, so the administration could hit the ground running as soon as it ...

Shift happen in realtime, for one republican senator, ladies and gentlemen, i give you senator ted cruz of texas. earlier -- >> solemn anniversary this week -- >> the january 6th assault on the capitol, a quote, violent terrorist attack. now, that's not new terrain for cruz. he's repeatedly called it a terrorist attack or called the attackers terrorists, but apparently ted cruz did not get the memo about republicans no longer being allowed to say bad things about january 6th, and so ted cruz had to go on fox news and grovel. >> the way i phrased things yesterday, it was sloppy, and it was fran...

The record for covid hospitalizations in the united states was set a year ago, last january, when more than 140,000 people were being treated for the virus, but right now we're not far off from that. as of this past wednesday, more than 128,000 patients were currently hospitalized in the united states, and, remember, that hospitalizations generally lack cases by about two weeks. on monday the u.s. hit a worldwide record with a million new cases recorded in a single day. now, predicting hospitalizations is by no means an exact science but it is something we can forecast. the cdc currently predi...

>> i think part of the issue is in a sense the current administration has gone to the other end of the spectrum with respect to controlling the messaging, coordinating is probably the better word messaging across the different agencies. and i think that it is important that they continue to avoid political interference and the science. but there may be a role for more coordination of messaging so that it -- so that the messaging is clear and it doesn't get confusing when different people in the administration are saying slightly different things. >> i think that is a good way to put it. i woul...