some toys from their union s holiday toy drive and well, just watch. merry christmas. oh, my goodness! say thank you! oh, my goodness, yeah! dr. seigel, the thieves also took food out of their fridge. so the police came in and police brought all of it to them. let s talk about not defunding the police, jeanette and i take care of a lot of cops, i ve consulted for the police, their lives are on the line, tremendous stress, health issues, here in new york and around the country. we needed a good christmas story, that one almost made me cry. this woman is telling her children to say thank you to these police officers and so on that kind of community outreach level, scored some big points.
we had a bad flu season. that s because trust has been damaged. and dr. jeanette, we ve had a white house individual from the medical dynamic admit there s been no real testing or data that confirms the efficacy of masks. we ve been slowly admitting what we ve gotten wrong. is this a sign that i think there s a realization that we won t go to lockdowns again. would you agree in that regard? oh, absolutely. you know, makes sense at the beginning of the pandemic when we knew very little to institute these mitigation measures. but as the pandemic progressed, we saw what worked, what didn t work. so moving forward, we need to take that information and modify our policies and our protocols. already on science tammy: i hate to interrupt you, you already have schools going back to masks. it s wrong. it s wrong. especially with children.
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sacrifices. jeanette, a school bus driver, is relying on coupons for the first time. probably now everybody will have the same quantity of gift they used to have. reporter: joe parker says he won t limit spending for his family, just for himself. they re good kids. they do what they re supposed to do so i m supposed to fulfill my part. reporter: in a new poll 55% of americans say rising prices have caused financial hardship for their household. doesn t take much. reporter: lindsey cook is one of them, a teacher, her husband a school security officer. higher prices forced them to dip into savings the past few months. i m living paycheck to paycheck so there is no sort of wiggle room and it s kind of scary. how has your holiday budget changed? how do you create a budget when you don t have any extra income. reporter: she decided to spend no more than $100 for each of her two children. i sense the stress in your voice. i don t want to disappoint my kids, i don t wa
dr. siegel?nd i it s an enormous waste. enorm it s thirty six billion dollaros it s you know where it s going?nto th thto the pockets of the unions. bushi look very carefully at the bush lewis act, which was part of the american rescue plan that they re siphoning this money for. and you know what itknow was fon timi?s. it was for businesses, most ofll them small businesses. and were struggling through the pandemic. and maybe we re going to goe bellwere goiy up and maybe how o bolster their pension plan, not the teamsters and the afl-cio.et so the democrats could try to get more votes in the next election. this is obviously a play for votes. dr jeanette, the last word here on this recommendation regarding masks. what s your take on that? yes, we are seeing an increase in flu in covered in rsv, butd,r we re at a point rightsv now, tami, it s about knowing your risk and taking the steps to protect yourself. cdc wants that s fine. if the cdc wants to to makee is recommendations, if the