relatively effective with other variants but with this one, i think it is pretty clear that you need a surgical mask or n95. and regarding those isolation guidelines, if you are going out after five days, you absolutely should be in an n95 so you don t transmit it to others. a simple cloth mask or bandana is just not going to be protective. good advice. concrete. appreciate it. admiral, appreciate it. sanjay as well of thanks so much. quick reminder sanjay s book keep sharp, build a better brain at any age is newly not paperback tonight. congratulations. we will dig more deeply in testing and speak with one doctor who says some people should be worrying less about it. we will ask him who and why, when we continue. you gotta h. you gotta go the extra mile. make a name for yourself. have a firm grip. always dress for success. and you gotta show em who s boss. thanks for coming in. we ll get back to you. hustle, sure, but for what matters. when you do, it leads to amazing. welcome to
Dr. Anthony Fauci noted that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is eyeing to add a COVID negative test in its isolation guidelines after it was faced with criticisms from the public and experts.
testing before classes resume next week. but out of more than 13,000 school districts in the country, less than 150 decided to start the semester with all remote learning. partisan, new jersey, is one of them. i think that it s a good thing that the children will be home. reporter: tiffany jacobs has five kids in the patterson school district. i d rather my kids be safe and not get sick. reporter: and new questions over the c.d.c. s isolation guidelines. last week the agency reduced the isolation period for asymptomatic positive cases from ten to five but did not require a negative test. after much criticism, the white house s top medical advisor says the c.d.c. is now reconsidering. looking at it again, there may be an option in that that testing could be a part of that and i think we ll be hearing more about that in the next day or so from the c.d.c. reporter: in patterson remote learning begins tomorrow morning till january 18.
It will be back to class for students on Wednesday (Jan. 5th). That from Ontario's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kieran Moore today who also announced oth.
"If the reduction in time helps us get to the end of it, I think everybody would be happy. But if the reduction in time sees more people getting infected, then there's no end."