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More than 95% of kids back in school, but here's the key, we have tools to make it safer for our kids to be in school. we just have to make sure we're using those tools. the billions of dollars that the administration secured in the american rescue plan to help schools afford testing, improve ventilation, get masks, make sure precautions were in place, many schools used those but we want more to do so because we can keep rates of infection in our schools low and keep kids learning and that helps their families as well. >> as a father of two underage children in school, i could not agree more. ...

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Independence with peace of mind. call... to receive fifty percent off installation. and take advantage of our special offer no payments for eighteen months. another potential big step in the fight against covid-19. pfizer says it's experimenting pill reduced risk of hospitalizations and death by 89%. that's among people who are in the early stages of infection and are at risk of developing severe covid. the drug is still experimental, but pfizer's ceo says it looks

>> you test positive. then take this pill, and it's supposed to, i guess, keep you from experiencing the most severe of symptoms? >> that's right. so both drugs have been shown that if you receive the drug very early after you develop symptoms. so in the case of the pfizer drug, within three days of symptom onset. with the merck drug, within five days of symptom onset, you can reduce the risk of hospitalization and death. i want to be very clear. these drugs will not be game-changers unless we have a system that allows for that kind of rapid treatment to sbuk a local drug store, get a positive...

Breathe a sigh of relief saying, another reason why perhaps i don't need to get a vaccine, as long as something like that were available. what's your response to them? >> yeah. this is similar to tamiflu with the flu. this doesn't prevent all flu and secondly because it needs to be given so quickly after you're exposed and infected. the same is the case here with the merck abc and pfizer drug. they need to be given very soon after infection. your best prevention remains vaccination, vaccination, vaccination. >> this week you signed a letter with 500 other health care professionals asking faceb...