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Can you talk about paxlovid rebound, something that we know that dr. fauci had, for example, how common is that and the benefit of paxlovid, i guess, outweighs any risk of a rebound, right? >> absolutely. the benefit of paxlovid, a combination of three medicines, some of which were hiv antiviral medicines far outweighs the use of it. the rebound is only 2% to 7%. so therefore 93% to 98 times out of 100 you're going to do better and have less chance of getting hospitalized or have an emergency situation. the reason that some of those medications have been stopped now is the fact that some of th...

Sicknick, members of his family are going to join us live with their reaction. and, meanwhile, president biden is now isolating at the white house with mild symptoms after he tested positive for covid-19. we have an update from the white house coronavirus response coordinator, dr. ashish jha.

Happen with president biden. i think he might still have a lingering cough or even some hoarseness for a bit. i hope that that is the extent of it. of course there needs to be a lot more research into what exactly is long covid and also how we can treat the many people who are living with long-term consequences from covid. >> yeah. and nih has launched like a huge study into long covid. they said it's going to be a while before nthey can get data on who's most at risk and what the spectrum is. it's something still out there. the white house covid response coordinator, dr. ashish jha, was asked...

It is 5% to 10% in the average population, but what is it in people over 70 and do they need a longer seven or ten-day course. >> you're right. they have been very transparent at the white house about this and announcing this, bringing out officials to talk about this. i do want to ask you more about paxlovid. i do think even as officials are pushing it now and they're saying, we want every american who does qualify to take this to take it, rebounding is something that people are hearing about. and you hear from people like dr. jha say when you talk about that, it is just mostly anecdotal stor...

Mandatory masking in public places. we see very few of our public figures coming out into public wearing a mask. and it has put in place this sort of sense of complacency that we're done with this, we're moving on. i hear people talking about sort of -- using the pandemic in past sense. but it's still very much present. >> yeah. >> and the fact -- and the fact that the president of the united states tested positive is a stark reminder of that. >> and let's remind our viewers also for example, congressman bennie thompson, who chairs the january 6th committee, their hearing tonight, also this we...