i think there s very good news for republicans in this survey. it s a very bad, as gloria laid out, a bad political environment for democrats and as we look ahead now, it seems very likely that republicans are going to hammer democrats in this fall s election, retake, certainly, the house of representatives, perhaps even the senate. is it possible things could change? yes. if you see, in fact, we make a transition from the emergency phase of the pandemic to the endemic phase that president biden feels kfblcomfortable com out in the state of the union address to say, take the masks off, get back to normal, it might have an effect on the public mood. if moderation through the year which most economists expect to happen, that may have an effect on the public mood but he s been well under 50% for quite a long to time. opinion changes slowly. i would think that republicans, the odds are that republicans are going to be quite right in
cameras on six foot sticks. it s completely changed the emergency phase of the pandemic is over . people know it and it s time to move. and dr. battacharya, i was d talking to one of our mutualas friends the other day and he said by his calculation, pretty good mathematician we could be it like 94%ca zero prevalence. explain what that means and why could be significant when the the disease first arrived, no one was immune, no one had any exposure to it and it could cause severe disease. now what . 94% skwrof prevalence means is that a very large fraction of the population is either recovered from covid or has had some protection to the vaccine. that means that it s no longer an immunity population. the disease is nowhere near as dangerous to the population as it once was simply by dint tb of the fact that the population has protective immunity to it.
questions, ratherthan just before prime minister s questions, rather than a press conference flanked with chris whitty and patrick vallance. the question why no public health advice has not been provided to underpin the change in england is a matter that the uk government will need to provide. here in wales, i can say that these changes today have gone through the process of scientific evidence and advice, chief medical officer advice, chief medical officer advice, and in proper discussion with the whole cabinet before settling on a position to keep wales safe and hopefully move us out of the emergency phase of the pandemic. thank you very much for your time this morning. the reason that you are speaking today is that the first minister mark drakeford has tested positive for coronavirus yesterday and i know there is going to be a press conference later on in the day about the changes in wales. just after 20 past seven. the number of children needing help for eating disorders is at cris
on six-foot sticks. it is completely changed. the emergency phase of the pandemic is over. people know it. it is time to move on. laura: dr. battacharya, i was talking to one of our mutual friends. he said by his calculation, we could be at 94%, zero prevalence. explain what that means and why it could be significant? when the disease first arrived, no one was immune. no one had any exposure to it. it could cause severe disease. now, what 94 cyril prevalence means na a large fraction of the population is recovered from covid or has some protection due to the vaccine. that means that it is no longer an immune 90 population. the disease is nowhere near as dangerous to the population as it once was simply by the fact that the population has protective immunity to it. laura: dr. mccullough,
we can now speak to dr syra madad wh s an infectious disease specialist and the special pathogens program senior director at nyc health and hospitals.. thank you very much for being with theirs. as he mentioned there, he has said it is time to return to normality. how do you feel about that? i to return to normality. how do you feel about that? you feel about that? i mean, they are you feel about that? i mean, they are all you feel about that? i mean, they are all ready you feel about that? i mean, they are all ready to - you feel about that? i mean, they are all ready to return i you feel about that? i mean, | they are all ready to return to normal, right? but what normal? is it normal or the previous normal that we were used to in 2019. i think that, as we are progressing with this pandemic, everyone wants to see covid as a manageable risk rather than the emergency phase wherein we are on the track but i don t think we are exactly there yet. when you say we re not there yet wh