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BRET.

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>> Bret: LUCAS TOMLINSON

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REPORTING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

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THANK YOU.

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JOINING US NOW, CDC DIRECTOR

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DR. ROCHELLE WALENSKY,

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DR. WALENSKY A MOAT WELCOME BACK

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TO "FOX NEWS SUNDAY," GOOD

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MORNING.

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>> Dr. Walensky: GOOD MORNING,

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BRET, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.

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>> Bret: WE JUST HEARD ABOUT

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THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECIDING

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THE FATE OF THE PRESIDENTS

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VACCINE MANDATES BURIED IN THE

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QUESTIONING, JUSTICE

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SONIA SOTOMAYOR MADE THIS

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STATEMENT.

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>> WE HAVE OVER 100,000

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CHILDREN, WHICH WE’VE NEVER HAD

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BEFORE, IN SERIOUS CONDITION AND

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MANY ON VENTILATORS.

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>> Bret: WHAT WE CAN FIND FROM

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FRIDAY SUGGEST THERE ARE FEWER

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THAN 3500 CURRENT PEDIATRIC

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HOSPITALIZATIONS FROM COVID-19.

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IS THAT TRUE?

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>> Dr. Walensky: YEAH, BUT

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HERE’S WHAT I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT

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OUR PEDIATRIC HOSPITALIZATIONS

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NOW.

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FIRST OF ALL, THE VAST MAJORITY

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OF CHILDREN WHO ARE IN THE

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HOSPITAL ARE UNVACCINATED, AND

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FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT

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ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINATION, WE DO

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KNOW THAT THEY ARE MOST LIKELY

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TO GET SICK WITH COVID IF THEIR

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FAMILY MEMBERS AREN’T

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VACCINATED, SO THE MOST

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IMPORTANT THING WE CAN DO FOR

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THOSE CHILDREN TO KEEP THEM OUT

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OF THE HOSPITAL IS TO VACCINATE

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THEM AND TO VACCINATE THEIR

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FAMILY MEMBERS AROUND THEM.

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>> Bret: UNDERSTOOD, BUT THE

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NUMBER IS NOT 100,000, IT’S

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ROUGHLY 3500 IN HOSPITALS NOW.

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>> Dr. Walensky: YES, THERE

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ARE -- AND IN FACT WHAT I WILL

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SAY IS WHILE PEDIATRIC

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HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE RISING,

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THERE ARE STILL ABOUT 15 FOLD.

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LAST HOSPITALIZATIONS THAN OUR

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OLDER AGE, GRAPHICS.

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>> Bret: DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER

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OF CHILDREN ON VENTILATORS?

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>> Dr. Walensky: I DO NOT HAVE

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THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT

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WHAT I CAN SAY IS FOR IT -- I

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DON’T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY IN

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MANY OF THESE HOSPITALS WHO ARE

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VACCINATED, SO REALLY THE

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HIGHEST RISK OF BEING ON A

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VENTILATOR IF YOUR CHILD IS IF

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YOU’RE UNVACCINATED.

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WE ALSO HAVE RECENT DATA OUT

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JUST THIS WEEK THAT’S

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DEMONSTRATED THAT DANGEROUS MIS

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SEE SYNDROME THAT WE ARE SEEING

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IN CHILDREN, 91% PROTECTION IF

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YOU’VE BEEN VACCINATED.

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>> Bret: THE RISK OF DEATH OR

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SERIOUS ILLNESS IN CHILDREN IS

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STILL VERY SMALL, RIGHT?

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>> Dr. Walensky: COMPARATIVELY

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THE RISK OF DEATH IS SMALL, BUT

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OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN

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AREN’T SUPPOSED TO DIE, SO IF WE

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HAVE A CHILD WHO’S BEEN -- WHO

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IS SICK WITH COVID-19, WE WANT

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TO MAKE SURE -- WE WANT TO

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PROTECT THEM OF COURSE.

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>> Bret: BUT I’M TALKING FROM
YOUR DATA, AGES 15 TO 24, FOR

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YOUR DATA, AGES 15 TO 24, FOR

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EXAMPLE, THE RISK OF DEATH IS AT

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0.001%.

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I GUESS WHAT I’M GETTING AT IN

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THIS OPENING IS THAT THE

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SUPREME COURT IS IN THE PROCESS

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OF DEALING WITH THIS BIG ISSUE

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ABOUT MANDATES, AND DO YOU FEEL

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RESPONSIBILITY AS THE CDC

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DIRECTOR TO CORRECT A VERY BIG

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MISCHARACTERIZATION BY ONE OF

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THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES?

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>> Dr. Walensky: HERE’S WHAT I

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WILL TELL YOU.

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I WILL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW,

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17 -- IF YOU’RE UNVACCINATED,

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YOU’RE 17 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO

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BE IN THE HOSPITAL AND 20 TIMES

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MORE LIKELY TO DIE THAN IF

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YOU’RE BOOSTED.

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AND SO WHAT MY RESPONSIBILITY IS

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IS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND

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RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROTECT THE

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AMERICAN PEOPLE.

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THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS STRONGLY

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RECOMMEND VACCINATION FOR OUR

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CHILDREN ABOVE THE AGE OF 5 AND

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BOOSTING FOR EVERYONE ABOVE THE

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AGE OF 18 IF THEY ARE ELIGIBLE.

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>> Bret: SPEAKING OF

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STATISTICS, IT SEEMS TO MAKE A

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BIG DIFFERENCE IF A PERSON IN

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THE HOSPITAL IS IN THE HOSPITAL

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FOR COVID-19 OR WITH COVID-19.

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IT’S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE

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YOU’VE BEEN RUNNING THE AGENCY.

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DO WE HAVE THAT SPLIT ON NUMBERS

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NUMBERS?

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>> Dr. Walensky: YOU KNOW,

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WHAT I WILL SAY IS A DIFFERENCE

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BY EACH VARIANT.

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OF SO SOME VARIANT -- FIRST OF

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ALL, WE’RE DOING SCREENING OF

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MANY -- IN MANY HOSPITALS, OF

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EVERYBODY WAS WALKING THE DOOR.

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WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH THE

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OMICRON VARIANT IS THAT IT TENDS

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TO BE MILDER PERSON BY PERSON

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BUT GIVEN HOW LARGE THE NUMBERS

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ARE WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE

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CASES COME INTO THE HOSPITAL.

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AND SOME HOSPITALS THAT WE’VE

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TALKED TO COME UP TO 40% OF THE

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PATIENTS WHO ARE IN WITH

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COVID-19 ARE COMING AND NOT

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BECAUSE THEY ARE SICK WITH

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COVID, BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE

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COMING IN WITH SOMETHING ELSE

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AND HAVE HAD TO -- COVID OR HAVE

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THEY VARIANT DETECTED.

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SPEEONE’S YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF

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THE 836,000 DEATHS IN THE U.S.

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LINKED TO COVID ARE FROM COVID

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OR HOW MANY ARE WITH COVID BUT

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THEY HAD OTHER COMORBIDITIES, DO

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YOU HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN?

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>> Dr. Walensky: YES, OF

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COURSE, WITH OMICRON WE ARE

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FOLLOWING THAT VERY CAREFULLY.

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OUR DEATH REGISTRY OF COURSE

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TAKES A FEW WEEKS TO -- IT TAKES

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A FEW WEEKS TO COLLECT AND OF

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COURSE OMICRON HAS JUST BEEN

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WITH US FOR A FEW WEEKS BUT

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THOSE DATA WILL BE FORTHCOMING.

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>> Bret: THE QUESTIONING AND

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THE SUPREME COURT ALSO SAID THAT

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OMICRON WAS AS DEADLY AS DELTA.

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THAT IS NOT TRUE, RIGHT?

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>> Dr. Walensky: I’M SORRY, I

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DIDN’T HEAR YOU.

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>> Bret: OMICRON IS NOT AS

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DEADLY AS DELTA, AT LEAST BY

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YOUR DATA RIGHT NOW, RIGHT?

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>> Dr. Walensky: WE ARE

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STARTING TO SEE DATA FROM OTHER

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COUNTRIES THAT INDICATE ON A

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PERSON BY PERSON BASIS IT MAY

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NOT BE.

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HOWEVER, GIVEN THE VOLUME OF

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CASES THAT WE ARE SEEING WITH

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OMICRON, WE VERY WELL MAY SEE

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DEATH RATES RISE DRAMATICALLY.

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>> Bret: OKAY, BACK TO THE

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MANDATES FOR A SECOND.

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PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS,

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MORE THAN 220 MARINE SAILORS,

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AIRMEN, HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT OF

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THE MILITARY FOR REFUSING TO GET

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VACCINATED.

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HEALTHY SERVICE MEMBERS, SOME OF

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THEM HAVE CIRCULATING ANTIBODIES

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IN THEIR BLOOD FROM PAST

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INFECTIONS, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE

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ANTIBODIES GOVERNMENT

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RECOGNIZES.

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IS THAT FAIR?

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>> Dr. Walensky: YOU KNOW, I

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THINK THE THING THAT’S MOST

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DISRUPTIVE TO ANY BUSINESS OR

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INDUSTRY IS TO HAVE HALF THE

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WORK FORCE OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE

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SICK WITH COVID.

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WE HAVE SEEN WITH THE OMICRON

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VARIANCE THAT PRIOR PROTECTION

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PROTECTS YOU LESS WELL THAN IT

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HAD WITH THE CURRENT -- WITH --

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THEN WHEN IT HAD WITH PRIOR

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VARIANCE, SO HAVING PREVIOUS

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INFECTION SEEMS TO NOT PROTECT

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YOU AS WELL AS -- AGAINST

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OMICRON.

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RIGHT NOW I THINK THE MOST

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IMPORTANT THING TO DO IS TO

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PROTECT AMERICANS.

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WE DO THAT BY GETTING THEM

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VACCINATED AND GETTING THE

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BOOSTED.

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>> Bret: I KNOW THAT’S THE

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MESSAGE BUT THE OMICRON VARIANT

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IS INFECTING THE VACCINATED.

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IN THE VACCINATED ARE

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TRANSMITTING THE VIRUS.

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CORRECT BACK

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>> Dr. Walensky: THAT IS TRUE.

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IT’S INFECTING THEM AT A LOWER

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RATE AND IMPORTANTLY, THOSE

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PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED AND

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INFECTED WITH OMICRON ARE NOT

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THE ONES WHO ARE ENDING UP VERY

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SICK IN THE HOSPITAL.

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THOSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE

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UNVACCINATED.

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>> Bret: RIGHT, BUT WILL THE

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CDC TAKE NATURAL IMMUNITY

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SERIOUSLY, TO STUDY ITS EFFECT

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ON THE BIG PICTURE?

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FOR EXAMPLE, WHY NOT INCLUDE

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RECOVERY FROM INFECTION AS THE

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EQUIVALENT OF AT LEAST ONE SHOT

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THE WAY OTHER COUNTRIES DO?

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>> Dr. Walensky: YOU KNOW, WE

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HAVE TAKEN THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.

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SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WE PROVIDED A

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SCIENTIFIC BRIEF WITH DOZENS OF

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STUDIES PROVIDING THE UPDATED

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SCIENCE WITH THIS.

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OF COURSE THAT SCIENCE IS EVER

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EVOLVING, AS HAS THIS VARIANCE,

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AND SO WE NEED TO UPDATE THAT

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SCIENCE WITH REGARD TO WHAT WE

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LEARN ABOUT OMICRON, WHICH SO

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FAR HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT PRIOR

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INFECTION PROTECTS YOU LESS

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WELL.

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>> Bret: AS RECENTLY AS THIS

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PAST WEEK, PRESIDENT BIDEN

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CALLED AS A PANDEMIC OF THE

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UNVACCINATED.

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ACCORDING TO YOUR CDC DATA, THE

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OMICRON VARIANT ACCOUNTS FOR

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95.4% OF CASES, DELTA IS 4.6% OF

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CASES.

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AGAIN, THE VACCINATED ARE

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GETTING THIS INFECTION, THEY ARE

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TRANSMITTING IT TO OTHERS.

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CONSIDERING ALL OF THAT AND

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THESE PERCENTAGES, HOW IS IT

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THAT PANDEMIC OF THE

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UNVACCINATED IS A TERMINOLOGY

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THAT SHOULD BE USED?

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>> Dr. Walensky: WE DO KNOW

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THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED

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ARE STILL PROTECTED ABOUT 20%

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AGAINST INFECTION, ESPECIALLY IF

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THEY ARE BOOSTED.

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SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ENDING UP

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IN A HOSPITAL, THE PEOPLE WHO

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ARE ENDING UP VERY SICK WITH

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OMICRON ARE THE ONES WHO ARE

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UNVACCINATED.

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>> Bret: DR. WALENSKY, YOU

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MENTIONED THE CONFUSION ABOUT

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THE GUIDANCE AND OVER THE PAST

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YEAR, THE MOST RECENT EXAMPLE IS

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BEASLEY ON ISOLATION AND

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TESTING, BUT OTHER GUIDANCE IS

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THE MASK WEARING, EDUCATORS

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BEING VACCINATED BEFORE

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RETURNING TO THE CLASSROOM.

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BEFORE YOU TOOK THIS JOB

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OFFICIALLY YOU EMPHASIZE THAT

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ONE OF YOUR PRIMARY GOALS WAS TO

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RESTORE PUBLIC TRUST.

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BUT IN THIS TIME, DO YOU THINK

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THAT IT’S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE

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TRUST AND CONFIDENCE THE PUBLIC

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HAS GONE DOWN WITH THE CDC?

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>> Dr. Walensky: THANK YOU,

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BRET.

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YOU KNOW, THIS IS HARD.

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WE HAVE EVER EVOLVING SCIENCE

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WITH AN EVER-EVOLVING VARIANT IN

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MY JOB IS TO PROVIDE UPDATED

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GUIDANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF

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RAPIDLY RISING CASES.

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THAT IS WHAT WE’VE DONE AND I AM

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HERE TO EXPLAIN IT TO THE

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AMERICAN PEOPLE AND I’M

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COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO DO SO

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AND TO CONTINUING TO IMPROVE.

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>> Bret: WE APPRECIATE YOU

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COMING ON, WE REALLY DO.

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I’M JUST GETTING FACTS OUT

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THERE.

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I DO WANT TO READ THIS QUOTE

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FROM THIS PIECE LOOKING AT HOW

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UNIVERSITIES ARE HANDLING THIS.

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AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, FULLY

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VACCINATED STUDENTS ARE RANDOMLY

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TESTED FOR COVID EVERY WEEK

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USING A PCR TEST, WHICH CAN

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DETECT TINY AMOUNTS OF DEAD

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VIRUS, A SOME DRAMATIC STUDENTS

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WHO TEST POSITIVE ARE ORDERED TO

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A ROOM IN A DESIGNATED BUILDING

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WHERE THEY SPEND TEN DAYS IN

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CONFINEMENT.

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FOOD IS DROPPED OFF ONCE A DAY

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AT THE DOOR.

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GEORGETOWN IS STILL USING A TEN

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DAY QUARANTINE.

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WHAT YOU SAY TO THE MAJOR

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COMPANIES AND UNIVERSITIES WHO

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ARE IGNORING YOUR NEW GUIDANCE

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AND STICKING TO THE TEN DAYS

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ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE FOR

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ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE?

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>> Dr. Walensky: THIS IS

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REALLY IMPORTANT AND WHAT I

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WOULD SAY IS THAT GUIDANCE THAT

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WE PUT OUT IS FOR THE GENERAL

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PUBLIC.

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WE -- I’M COMMITTED TO WANTING

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TO KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN AND YOU

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WANT TO KEEP UNIVERSITIES OPEN.

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MANY OF THESE UNIVERSITIES HAVE

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KIDS LIVING IN MULTI-PERSON

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ROOMS, SO THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE

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TO ADAPT OUR GUIDANCE FOR THE

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SAFETY OF THEIR CONGREGATE

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SETTINGS.

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>> Bret: RIGHT, BUT STICKING

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THEM IN A ROOM FOR TEN DAYS,

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DOESN’T THAT SOUND EXTREME TO

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YOU?

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>> Dr. Walensky: YOU KNOW,

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THAT IS WHAT OUR GUIDANCE WAS

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BEFORE.

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IF A STUDENT WERE TO -- AND ARE

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UPDATED GUIDANCE ACTUALLY SAYS

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YOU CAN LEAVE ISOLATION AFTER

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FIVE DAYS IF YOU CAN WEAR YOUR

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MASK ALL OF THE TIME, INCLUDING

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BEING ABLE TO EAT MEALS ALONE SO

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THAT YOU ARE NOT INFECTING

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OTHERS WHILE YOU EAT.

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THAT MAY NEED TO BE WHAT’S

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HAPPENING IN THESE CONGREGATE

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SETTINGS.

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>> Bret: OKAY, SO YOU WOULD

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SEND THAT MESSAGE TO GEORGETOWN,

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UNIVERSITIES, OTHER COMPANIES

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THAT ARE AT TEN DAYS?

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>> Dr. Walensky: NO, WHAT I

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WOULD SAY IS IF YOU’RE IN A

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CONGREGATE SETTING, YOU HAVE TO

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ADAPT OUR GUIDANCE FOR THAT

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CONGREGATE SETTING.

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THESE GUIDANCES WERE MEANT FOR

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THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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>> Bret: OKAY.

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WE HAD A LOT OF VIEWERS TWEET IN

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ABOUT YOUR APPEARANCE THIS

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MORNING.

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ERICA TWEETS "PLEASE ASK

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DR. WALENSKY WHERE THE TREATMENT

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FOR COVID, WHY ARE THEY NOT

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PROMOTING THE MORE, WHAT IS THE

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DELAY WITH THE NEW PILLS THAT

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WERE AUTHORIZED?

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>> Dr. Walensky: YEAH, REALLY

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IMPORTANT QUESTION.

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WE NOW HAVE NUMEROUS TREATMENTS

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THAT WE CAN USE AGAINST OMICRON,

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INCLUDING OUR MONOCLONAL

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ANTIBODIES, BOTH FOR TREATMENT

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AND PREVENTION.

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TWO NEW ANTIVIRALS, ONE FROM

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PFIZER, ONE FROM MERCK.

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SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES NOW.

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REMDESIVIR, TO BE USED IN AN

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OUTPATIENT BASIS WITH THREE

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DAILY INFUSIONS.

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ALL OF THOSE ARE NOW BEING

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DISTRIBUTIVE.

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MANY OF THOSE ARE HARDER TO MAKE

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AND TAKE SOME TIME TO MAKE, BUT

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THE ADMINISTRATION IS RAPIDLY

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SCALING UP WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO

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PURCHASE AND GET OUT TO THE

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AMERICAN PEOPLE.

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>> Bret: LAST THING,

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MENTIONING SCHOOLS, THE

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SITUATION IN CHICAGO, THEY STILL

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HAVEN’T FOUND A SOLUTION WITH

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THE TEACHERS UNION THERE AND IT

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WILL BE CLOSED FOR A FOURTH DAY

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MONDAY.

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AND THEY ARE NOT ALONE.

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BURBERRY OH, WHICH TRACKS SCHOOL

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CLOSURES, HAS FOUND MORE THAN

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5,000 SCHOOLS ARE CURRENTLY

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CLOSED FOR IN PERSON INSTRUCTION

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DUE TO COVID.

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THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF MONEY

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GIVEN TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND

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STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AFTER

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THE COVID RELIEF BILL.

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WHAT TO TELL THEM, THE SCHOOL

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DISTRICTS?

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>> Dr. Walensky: REALLY

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IMPORTANTLY I WANT TO REMIND

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PEOPLE THAT IN THE FALL OF THIS

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YEAR, WE HAD A DELTA SEARCH, AND

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WE WERE ABLE TO SAFELY KEEP OUR

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CHILDREN IN SCHOOL BEFORE WE HAD

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PEDIATRIC VACCINATION.

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FAST FORWARD TO NOW, WE HAVE

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PEDIATRIC VACCINATION.

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OF COURSE EVERY JURISDICTION IS

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GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THESE

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DECISIONS LOCALLY, BUT WHAT I

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WILL SAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT

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THING WE CAN DO IS GET OUR

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CHILDREN VACCINATED, GET OUR

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TEACHERS VACCINATED AND GET OUR

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TEENAGERS VACCINATED AND THEN TO

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PRACTICE ALL OF THOSE LAYERED

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MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT HAVE

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BEEN PROVEN TO WORK.

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MASKING, VENTILATION, TESTS TO

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STAY STRATEGIES HAVE SAVED

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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PERSON

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DAYS FOR KIDS STAYING IN SCHOOL.

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ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN

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PROVEN TO WORK.

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>> Bret: DR. WALENSKY, WE