every single 100% of the people but for most of the time for most of the people that level of virus diminishes to the point where the cdc feels and i don t disagree with them at all that wearing a mask is ample protection during that second half of a ten-day period. when you balance that against the importance of trying to get people back functioning in society, of course the alternative is something that no one wants. that s to shut down completely. when it comes to saving lives hospitals on the front lines are bracing for an expected surge of covid patients in the weeks to come. many are already seeing a steady rise in covid admissions. the administration is preparing to deploy a thousand u.s. service members to help medical staff at hospitals nationwide. hospitals are also facing a rapid increase in the number of children admitted for covid.
critics say this evolving message isn t confusing, it s dangerous. the cdc should be loud and clear about implementation here because no worker should be forced to come to work when they are still sick. that is i believe what we are going to see here. we are very concerned about that. it is only going to lead to more illness, more cases. this is when you should be tightening your controls not lessening them. tonight dr. fauci was back on tv defending the cdc decision. what happens is you are isolated for five days. then if you are still asymptomatic at the end of the five days you can go out and do your job and re-enter society hopefully getting functions of society normal but you have to wear a mask. early in infection for the first several days you have more likelihood to have a high level of virus and to be capable of spreading it. as you get into the second half of the dane period we know that the virus in general not for
back then the assumption was okay maybe if their lives are impacted by covid, their family members are, they ll change their minds. 800,000 people in this country dead from this virus, we re still seeing this resurge. i think the economist poll said 30% of republicans are worried about omicron. 30% of republicans are worried about or know someone who has died or lost their life in this pandemic but still won t get vaccinated. i think the white house has a massively uphill battle to combat and counter act the misinformation. yes, keep the vaccines widely available but in addition to the public service information they re releasing you have to combat the misinformation actively and consistently. susan, ongoing criticism about confusion most recently caused by what many see as the latest poor messaging from the cdc or changing their tune about how much, how many of the infections are attributable to
0 legislative skills far from the spotlight. during his time in the senate he pushed through the passage of obamacare as well as the sweeping economic stimulus after the great recession and new rules governing wall street. a one-time amateur boxer he could bob and weave on the political stage as well. and tonight the current majority leader chuck schumer wrote this. harry reid was one of the most amazing individuals i ve ever met. he never forgot where he came from and used those boxing instincts to fearlessly fight those who were hurting the poor and middle class. schumer has ordered flags at the capitol lowered to half staff. we ll have more on harry reid s legacy just ahead. our other big story tonight continues to be omicron. the latest variant converging with the delta strain to drive covid infections to a new record in this country today. the latest cdc data showing the seven day average of new cases topping 250,000 per day. as of this afternoon shattering the previous high of
jonathan, back during the bilateral when i interviewed putin, fascinating conversation we had. he said they agreed not to expand nato east. i said, well, gorbachev back then didn t get that in writing. he said, ah, yeah, you see, you tricked an old man. biden will be determined not in his mind to be tricked again. he wants to stop the expansion of nato. that is extremely there s no way president biden is going to be able to offer that in this call today. nbc s keir simmons. we greatly appreciate it. we ll look for more of your reporting coming unon morning joe, and we ll be following this virtual summit all day on nbc. there s also new reporting that donald trump s battle with covid was worse than the white house acknowledged at the time. citing a new book from former choof of staff mark meadows, that trump s oxygen level was