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That. i think what s so critical about this, within three days of symptoms. what goes hand in hand with the success of a pill like this one is more testing happening which, of course, we know has been deficient in the united states. elizabeth cohen, thank you so much for updating us on all of that. thanks. want to bring in dr. pernell, a fellow at the american college of preventative medicine. thanks for being with us ch. get vaccinated. they can prevent you from getting infected. but if you do get coronavirus, if you get covid, this has been the missing link. how would something like this, if it is effective as the pfizer data shows it is, change, perhaps, the course of this pandemic? morning, john. i think this could be a game-changer. first and foremost, i want to emphasize, in beating this pandemic, we need multi-layered strategies. the vaccine is the more powerful tool because it prevents covid. if we have a pill, we can easily administer this. ....
Easy access. we have people taking this pill within a few days of symptoms. cutting hospitalization or death by nearly 90%, that is dramatic. i would be interested to know, how do those persons fair? if they have covid, do they experience long covid? there will be lower viral load, so less likely to spread. we still need a peer-reviewed study, but this is encouraging information. dr. pernell, we re also seeing this major south african study today on omicron. of course, people have had a lot of questions about that and what it really means. we re seeing hospitalization, if you have omicron, 29% lower than the original strain of covid-19. what are you seeing that stands out to you in this study today? i think what s important for people to realize, it s who is getting exposed and infected with omicron? are these people fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated? are these people who had prior immunity because of a natural covid infection? that is going to lead to milder symptoms and lowe ....
Also a risk factor for worse outcomes. do what makes good pandemic sense. prevention and multilayer protection is good pandemic sense. dr. pernell, happy thanksgiving to you. . same to you and yours. breaking overnight, not one but two new smash and grab robberies. this time at an apple store. and another nordstrom. what s behind this disturbing new trend? and on this thanksgiving, a lesson in gratitude from alabama coach nick saban. these guys aren t getting paid to play here. they are representing you all. you should be proud and happy to support them and appreciate that they do and have some gratitude. we ll discuss that of course coming up. but first, as the pandemic drags on, food pantries are continuing to see increased need from the communities they serve. cnn s victor blackwell has more on the challenges they face and ....
1,000 times of a viral load, it s more contagious. so if you have children who are unvaccinated, unfortunately, their risk goes through the roof. and so as you see most of the older population being vaccinated and more of the entire population being vaccinated, again, children unfortunately are a target and that should not be so. we can control that by masking and we can control that by exerting some pressure on the fda to complete the process around evaluating whether or not these vaccines should be authorized in those under 12. dr. pernell, thank you for your time. still ahead, two moms suing the state of arkansas and the governor over their ban on mask mandates. a quest to keep kids safe as they head back to class. but first the new lawsuit against texas governor greg abbott filed by state democrats. he tried to force them back to the legislature. two of those democrats join us. s ....
A happy face i wonder who would win? this isn t a joke. we saw people slaughtered at a synagogue in new zealand, pittsburgh, charlottesville. this is real. i m disappointed in steve king. i worked with him when i worked with congress. steve king and i were buddies. when i would go to i, what steve king was the nicest gracious host. that was many years ago. the steve king today, i don t know who that is. i am disappointed in him. he deserves to lose his committee chairmanship. he s drawn a primary opponent out there in iowa. hopefully the people of iowa had enough of it. shameful steve what are you doing? pernell, it s interesting, it would be one thing if in the wake of this, it was a mistake someone else, assuming he is telling the truth there and someone else posted it at that town hall when fare asked the question and then it turns out there were people in the audience who were concerned about it and followed up with it. that right. ....