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account and i m out supporting the cdc on this trying to make it work for the most people. keeping the risk low, and also allowing us to open up our economy. yeah. i mean, you know, that that is that is obviously crucial. so, when i look at the numbers right now, dr. schaffner, more than 112,000 people are in american hospitals with covid right now. higher than the peak for delta in september. quickly approaching the record set last january. so, are these hospitalizations as bad as they were then in their in their substance? is something different? how concerned do we need to be? well, i m still concerned about the people in the hospital. being in the hospital is no picnic. and the folks in the hospital are overwhelmingly unvaccinated persons. the vaccine and the boosters give you mild infections, and keep you out of the hospital. and vaccines are actually working. it s the unvaccinated folks that i am concerned about. adults and children, together.
took away from the essay you published in the times. seems like in spring of 2020, all the concern was on the side of the ledger for physical health and we ve learned so much since then now to factor in the mental health costs of all of this, the emotional tab that now has to be paid by young people, that s, frankly, incalculable. so many other things, racial inequality you pointed out. so now as we balance the priorities, things have shifted. that s where you re coming from. that s entirely right. let s not forget the best thing in this whole scenario is that we now have a safe and effective vaccine that s been available to all adults in schools for at least eight months at this point. i m in favor of mandates for vaccines for all adults in schools. when new york city did this, they moved from 70% to 95%. we have a vaccine available for kids, 5 to 18-year-olds and college kids for that matter. not only is the risk low for
push comes as covid cases spike in pockets of the globe cases in mainland china up 377%. in the u.k. infections have surged over 52% dr. fauci attributes three major factors to behind england s rise, omicron subvariant ba.2 is more transmissible though not necessarily more severe relaxed mandates like no longer masking indoor also having an impact as is waning immunity from vaccination and infection. with the covid risk low in every part of the country tonight the white house confirms the second gentleman doug emhof has tested positive for covid. the vice president tested negative today. lester miguel almaguer, thank you. a suspect is in custody this evening, the man police say they believe was responsible for shooting five homeless people in new york and washington, killing two of them. garret haake has
vaccine that s been available to all adults in schools for at least eight months at this point. i m in favor of mandates for vaccines for all adults in schools. when new york city did this, they moved from 70% to 95%. we have a vaccine available for kids, 5 to 18-year-olds and college kids for that matter. not only is the risk low for kids, we now have a safe and effective vaccine widely available. do you also see covid as having been a wake-up call for parents that in certain circumstances their education model, their school, their school system wasn t working, and now they re going to keep kids at home for home schooling or look at a charter model that heretofore they never would have done? i think there s no doubt. i m a parent of three myself. we ve seen gross dysfunction in our school system over the past two years. stimulus money has been there for the past two years. we had another influx of stimulus money.