people wear masks on public transit despite the cdc s mask order being struck down. so masks are still being required in new york city. i had to wear one this morning coming into work. san francisco and milwaukee and boston have partial transit mask mandate. so imagine being a resident and do you wear one, do you not? something is starting to tell me that this is less about science and more about power? what do you think about that? yeah. two things. i think you are right on with your assessment of power, but don t discount that in some of the cities like new york, there are jet spans that want to cover their face in public. they don t want to be seen walking around town. but to your point, this has nothing to do with covid. this is absurd, man. the cdc website said cloth mask offer little to no protection against oma crime very end. so we actually shouldn t be
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the nba, nhl and nfl also postponing games. and the nfl now changing its testing protocols. no longer requiring testing of asymptomatic fully vaccinated players. covid striking maryland governor larry hogan and members of congress with massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, new jersey senator cory booker, and colorado congressman jason crow all testing positive for the virus. right now you need that third dose. i wish we could call it a booster. it is a three-dose vaccine. reporter: and with doctors reminding us that basic mitigation measures like masking could help stop the spread. washington, d.c. is reinstating a indoor mask order only lifted at the end of november. d.c. is experiencing the lieist case council since pandemic began. the new order will be if place starting tuesday, december 28th, lasting through the end of january. victor. athena jones, thank you so
the spread, washington, d.c. mayor is reinstating an indoor citywide mask order after lifting it only a few weeks ago. the district is seeing its highest daily count since it began. this new measure goes into effect tuesday and lasts until the end of january. cnn, new york. so let s bring in a cardiologist and professor of molecular meds at scripps research. he joins me now from la jolla, california. thank you for all you do and for talking with us. good to be with you again. thank you. the omicron is now the dominant variant making up 73% of all new cases. what does that tell but this variant? and what lies ahead considering less than 20% of americans have that third covid shot to protect them. that s right. so this shot up exceptionally
tallahassee, in the past with the governor with the mask order, kind of like the last piece about virginia. in florida they don t want to incur the wrath of politicians and activists. and with critical race theory, we re going to hold off on this. the problem is the victims are the truth and teaching of history to kids and peoples understanding more broadly. yeah, he said, and i want to read the actual quote here, we have a graphic. in the climate of fears, atmosphere created by governor ron desantis has blurred the lines between scared and opportunistic. the victims of this krernsship censorship and the truth. the governor s office says he has nothing to do with this. how does this play out, mark? how is the end game going? my guess is they ll probably