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But i want to know what you see firsthand. you treat patients. they come in and ask you about covid. what are you hearing? what are you seeing personally? >> as you just opened with, brian, this is a parallel pandemic of mental health in crisis. we are bathing in fear. people have been worried and panicked necessarily because of the threat of covid-19, which is absolutely real and present. that said, those of us in the medical profession, particularly those of us who are patient facing, who help people every day understand their unique vulnerability for disease, whether it's from covid or canc...

To work through it and they didn't care about all this. and then all of a sudden, oh, by the way, if you don't get a jab, you're going to lose yourjob. with england being the only nation with a mandate, pauline is considering looking for a job in wales. but dr chintal patel, who's a gp, is not against the mandatory nhs staff vaccine. for her, your freedom to choose is lost when that decision could impact on patient safety. i think if you are unvaccinated, then there is a risk that you are potentially exposing your patients to harm. up to a third of people do not mount an immune response to the...

You're going to lose yourjob. with england being the only nation with a mandate, pauline is considering looking for a job in wales. but dr chintal patel, who's a gp, is not against the mandatory nhs staff vaccine. for her, your freedom to choose is lost when that decision could impact on patient safety. i think if you are unvaccinated, then there is a risk that you are potentially exposing your patients to harm. up to a third of people do not mount an immune response to the infection, and actually vaccination provides a much better immune response and also reduces the risk of transmission. so ...

Getting healthier in worrisome ways." thank you for joining us, tom. the va will now mandate vaccines for its health workers. new york city is ordering its city workers to be vaccinated or get regular testing. california says state workers must get their shot. is this what the rest of the country should be doing? >> i'm in favor of more vaccine man mandates, particularly in health care settings where people are patient-facing. the va policy is sensibly done, it does take into account due process, medical reasons. as you mentioned, number of other hospital and health care systems have done the ...

I appreciate you joining us, tom. here's the big news today. the v.a. will now mandate vaccines for its health care workers. new york city is now ordering all city employees to be vaccinated or face weekly testing. california says all state employees and health care workers must get their shot. is this what the rest of the country should be doing? >> i think -- well, i'm in favor of more vaccination mandates, particularly in settings where you have health care settings where people are patient-facing. i think the v.a. policy was sensibly done. it does offer due process. it does take into accou...