different. we ve heard from our public health officials right up until this week that if we get everyone vaccinated that will and the pandemic and just this week we heard from the cdc what the vaccine can t do anymore is stopped transmission. that is a key admission that changes the calculus on the wrist threshold. it really renders mandates obsolete. i know that you have a lot of claims, or your firm does, have people fighting exemptions. what is your sense of how that is going with employers and companies likes to you said that a change in the trend? general if we ve been pretty successful in getting exemptions for employees in the workplace. the sepals rights act has pretty strong protections. in terms of whether or not there s going to be a change with how employers view those exemptions because of the cdc admission that the vaccine that the stop transmission, that remains to be seen with the
equitably distributed and particularly for vaccines. we know that vaccines are a really good protection against severe disease and they definitely do things or transmission, but not available to everyone. and that s a disaster. available to everyone. and that s a disaster. briefly, it was wonderful that s a disaster. briefly, it was wonderful to that s a disaster. briefly, it was wonderful to have - that s a disaster. briefly, it was wonderful to have you | that s a disaster. briefly, it i was wonderful to have you on the programme. thank you very much and it s always a good thing. thank you very much on newsday. we ve heard a lot about the perilous threat to coral reefs around the world because of climate change. but a previously unknown giant coral reef has been discovered off the coast of tahiti in pristine condition. victoria gill report. magical. that was one of the words a veteran specialist diver who led this mission used to describe this view. some of these rose shaped
a day. it is lunacy. it s depressing to watchha and has massive implications. again, this is not globalip leadership. it s the opposite. this is what it, looks like. you re a global laughing stock. even biden s aides know it. h watch biden s own covid advisor admit that mass don t stop transmission. we know today that many of peoplearcloth coverings wear are not very effective in reducing any of the virus movement in or out. either you re breathing out or you re breathing in and in fact, if you re in the upper midwest right now, anybody who s wearing their face cloth covering canll tell you they can smell all the smoke that we re still gettingng. okay, so that was in august, almost halflm a year ago. a few months later in december last month, cnn s resident doctor admitted that his true master useless they ve always been useless. cloth masks are not appropriate for this pandemic. it was it s not appropriate forr logan. it was notn. appropriate for
your toolkit to stop transmission. aerosol and airborne viruses, but it s not enough to actually act on. when i look at how enough to actually act on. when i look at how different i look at how different countries are coping with the pandemic at this point in time, you ve got some getting rid of restrictions like we heard in france in the uk but other countries like china keeping to the zero covid 19 approach. what do you make of that divergence in the wake countries are managing this? we have to countries are managing this? - have to stop transmission and removing restrictions and completely removing the requirement for mass is not a goodidea requirement for mass is not a good idea at all. but the very, very strict approach is causing lots of problems for many people. it s very disappointing that at this stage of the pandemic, we have not found a
rates. that s what massachusetts uses. low community spread. thank god omicron is down to like 3 percent or so in new york and new jersey. low hospitalizations. i m just asking the cdc to actually weigh in here so that we have that kind of guidance around the country. so, dr. mcbride, what has the cdc said? what more should it be doing and do you agree as a physician with the decisions in these states based on the data they have in their states about transmission in schools, community spread and everything else that the masks should come off the kids? so i think randi is exactly right. as conditions evolve, policy should evolve as well. then we need to root our policy in evidence. here is the plain truth, is that there s no convincing evidence in the real world that masking children in schools makes a significant difference in transmission in schools. we also know right now that everyone over the age of 5 has