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Boosted are testing positive. and you said kids were not affected. what are the biggest questions that people ask? >> what the cdc changing recent quarantine and isolation guidelines. there are questions from people who test positive and need to know exactly how long do i need to stay home. or people who may have had close contact with someone. who was covid positive. and they may not have symptoms, questions surround whether or not they should quarantine. i had someone ask me today if she should get vaccinated. because she gets pneumonia from vaccines. we continue to talk about the facts. tal...

Every day the rules change in the science changes. so it's not really rooted in science. i want to ask you about china and the unwillingness of joe biden to take on china. you are willing to take on china. you stated it emphatically today. we know what is happening with taiwan and seeing the fight jet flying and hear the talk of reunification which is the take over of china. explain. you took it a step further, explain. >> china sanctioned me twice and issued a travel ban against me. which is fine. i had to cancel my vacation. >> sean: that's a badge of honor >> i know. china has muslim slaves...

But those infections can cause real problems in people's lives and they can ensure that the virus continues to spread. so upping our levels of protection is a good thing to do personally and in terms of reducing spread in our communities. >> i'm glad you said that. i have a family member that said maybe i should wait. i said no, get the booster and see what happens because you need to be protected as best you can now. doctor, the cdc says anyone over the age of 18 should get a booster before i think it was can get a booster. they said may before that. should the messaging about boosters have b...

Challenge with covid and with any new emerging infectious disease is that you want recommendations to be based on science and as the science changes, you want to be able to change those recommendations. what you have to do is set up the public for that and say here is what we're recommending now as information changes, our recommendations are going to change because bewe want you to have the best most current recommendations based on the information and the information changes early on the evidence showed those above 65 were the greatest risk and increasing risk of hospitalization and death th...

Them. >> i think what a lot of people don't get, especially the critics of the masks and other forms of protecting ourselves against this virus is that it was called a novel coronavirus because it was new and we were learning new things about it and earn willing about the science to protect and keep the virus from spreading. science changes as we get more data. could the communication from officials have been better? >> absolutely. i think the science communication and the risk communication certainly has been muddled. since, you know, the beginning of this pandemic, we are 18 months in now. a...