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Injected with covid. we have seen the past two years the emotional, mental, psychological impact being out of school has had on our children and our teenagers, as far as increase in anxiety and depression and suicide attempts, and pediatric e.r. visits because of being out of school. we need to do everything in our power and exhaust all resources necessary to make sure we keep our kids in school, and testing is not the sole issue that will keep them in class. we know if you have good ventilation, if you have screening, if you are old enough you can wear a mask, if you feel sick then go and get...

>> gregg: let me get the doctor's point of view on this. doctor, we are seeing what dull my kids with masks on in school all the time. they are eating meals outdoors in the cold. talk about the effects they have on kids. virtual learning, all in isolation, no socialization. what effect does it have on kids? >> first of all, completely unnecessary masking outdoors while eating completely unnecessary. the world health organization says no to masking these young children. the profound mental, psychological impact on the children doing this to them is astounding. like monica said, increase in suic...

With masks on in school all the time. they are eating meals outdoors in the cold. talk about the effects they have on kids. virtual learning, all in isolation, no socialization. what effect does it have on kids? >> first of all, completely unnecessary masking outdoors while eating completely unnecessary. the world health organization says no to masking these young children. the profound mental, psychological impact on the children doing this to them is astounding. like monica said, increase in suicidal ideation, increase of suicide among young girls. we see an increase in pediatric e.r. visits...

That will be pasted into the chat you can grab that. let's start for questions. dr. drendel come up we have questions on the response to the incident. can you talk about what that meant? >> you are listening to pediatric wisconsin hospital there. dr. gutzeit spoke, dr. drendel, and dr. michael meyer. we learn from this that it is the largest pediatric e.r. in the state and this was the largest scale casualty event in their history. they were receiving 18 children aged 3-16 including three sets of siblings. injuries range from facial abrasions to broken bones to head injuries. six of those chil...

The best analogy is similar to the national guard. they have day jobs, but they're also part-time federal employees that can be activated by the federal government and deployed in times of disaster. >> how many people can you treat? >> the maximum will be 50. but that will decrease depending on acuity. the higher acuity, the sicker the patients, the fewer the patients we'll be able to treat. >> you mentioned the pediatric hospital. where is the capacity for the pediatric hospital? >> so, our pediatric hospital is full. we have 21 pediatric patients in the hospital today. six in the icu, four o...