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Even though they knew variant typically results in less serious illness. >> i think what we had to think about more is having a virus that is going to be and, we're going to have to be regularly ready to deal with it and to be able to manage it just like we do with the weather. >> an even bigger problem than the virus right now is the nationwide hospital staffing shortage. there's also fallout from the fda decision today to approve booster shots for children as young as 12 years old. the move was made without any input from a panel of vaccine advisors, leading critics to attack the biden admin...

Week saying, at this point these masks on children are really for optics and it's time to remove these masks as they are not really decreasing transmission all they are doing is having some negative impact on the i children. the best thing you can do for your child is if they have chronic medical conditions is to get them vaccinated after a discussion with your pediatrician. i can tell you just based on the cdc data alone, over two-thirds of children have already been exposed to under covered from covid-19, that is our lowest risk population. and about 10-15%, may be more are vaccinated. op's ...

We've got cal berkeley law professor john you and immunologist, -- thank you to you both. doctor, let's go to you first. i want to talk about schools and testing. a lot of public health officials now including dr. mcgarry are saying this universal testing for schoolkids is becoming wasteful, that essentially we are using a whole lot of tests, tens of millions of tests, on a low risk population that really could be better serving high-risk populations like the elderly or the immunocompromised. what do you think? >> well, in general i agree. i think that these tests unfortunately are very volati...

Alumnae and donors are calling to see why they are throwing people into solitary confinement. princeton you can't leave the county. cornell, you wear masks outdoors. why are we waging martian law in the lowest risk population on planet earth. judge jeanine: when you talk about the lowest risk population on the planet, they are requiring these young people who are low risk and vaccinated to even get into school wear masks on top of that. >> they have gone overboard. you go to a lot of these places and you realize there is no end in sight. we have to stop having the cdc and public health officer...

Teachers union. if it safe for in-person learning in other state yes not chicago? >> right. look at what we're doing in new york city, mayor adams is adamant about leaving the schools open, the government provided millions of dollars in funding and n-95 masks to the teachers. teachers had priority to be vaccinated and funding for air filter simms and ventilation. there is no excuse for it. knowing that with children, they are the lowest risk population, why are we putting such stringent rules on the children it criminal and abusive. trey: you have been on the front line from the beginning of t...