Page 2 - Weekly Testing News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The city's south and west side. and for those of you who aren't familiar, those are predominantly black and brown communities, and these are schools in low-income neighborhoods. these teachers are saying their schools are not safe, and they need that extra layer of support. erin. >> adri kren, thank you very much. you know, all these questions about testing as adrienne said. the union saying testing, testing, testing. but again, to reiterate from the children's hospital of philadelphia, discontinue required weekly testing of asymptomatic students, testifiers, and school staff. and i will note,...

District will provide enhanced weekly testing . on top of that, the city and district will provide students and staff with kn 95 masks. there is also a provision for upgraded contact tracing, where people will be paid to do the contact tracing. and here was another sticking point, a threshold or metrics in place, triggering schools individually to flip to remote learning while in the middle of high transmission of covid. and when we say high transmission, we're talking about guidelines outlined by the cdc. getting here wasn't easy. here's what the mayor had to say. >> this was not necessary to...

Vaccinated. now you could argue that the detriment of continued social isolation, prevention -- not allowing kids to attend school and have access to education and all the services they receive, these are greater risks to our country than the virus itself. >> that's the argument for schools that they should be open. you also lay out how you think they should be open. and on this list you put out, number four is discontinue required weekly testing of asymptomatic people. stop regular or weekly scheduled testing unless you have symptoms. why? >> well, you know, i think -- you know, we have been ...

>> in your mind, is there a difference in the mandate between mandating a vaccine and mandating weekly testing? >> well, a vaccine is a lot cheaper, and it is an effective measure in the face of a grave danger which we have. with testing, you get into much bigger expenses. you also get into problems of well, did the person get sick between tests? so testing is certainly better than nothing. but it's not nearly as effective as a vaccine, and if you are trying to eliminate the risk erktively, then you want to go for a vaccine. >> would there be any difference in this legal argument if the mandat...

That have destroyed our country, energy, jobs livelihoods, our families. >> todd: another fox news alert. the supreme court blocking joe biden's federal vaccine mandate for private businesses. >> carley: the president and vice president slub on changing the game plan. ashley is live with the details. ashley. >> ashley: it was a blow when the u.s. supreme court ruled biden overstepped authority to impose vaccine mandate for more than 80 million americans, it would have made businesses get vaccinated or subjected to weekly testing. the president saying, i am disappointed the supreme court blocke...