vacuum. it takes a couple of weeks before we see the real results of these numbers. we could see a jump in hospitalizations, we could see jump in death. and i think governments will, at that time, you know, think about taking stronger measures. the focus right now is to get these kids back in school after the holidays, paula. yeah, barbie. we ll continue to watch the numbers there. and with the holidays now over, perhaps we will be hearing more early next week. barbie nadeau, happy new year, i haven t seen you, and thanks for that update. joining me now is a global health expert at university college london. i hope you re well and happy new year to you as well. you know, we were just talking about those records and they give many the impression that in terms of this virus, this variant, that many of u.s. just won t escape it. i know we keep talking about south africa. officials there have made it clear that their cases have peaked. but how long could it take for
classroom, because they re not able to physically go into the school building, because of the skyrocketing cases we re seeing here in georgia. and let s take a look. when you just look simply at the number of pediatric cases for covid-19 in georgia, it is alarming when you compare the end of november to the end of december. we also see that skyrocketing of cases of hospitalizations for pediatric kids if georgia, kids ending up in the hospital. just take a look at that steep incline. and that is why so many school districts say they will be going back to remote learning. they, of course, will be hoping to go back to in-person learning, the second week of january, but it all depends on the cases and how they re doing within the school district and within the surrounding community. for atlanta public school teachers, this is interesting, they are supposed to report to their school buildings, back to their primary locations, to undergoing mandatory covid-19 testing. the school district say