obesity epidemic in the united states so over 1 half of kids are overweight or obese. so there is a lot of pre-existing conditions. and the other thing is study just came out yesterday that shows clearly that the booster works against omicron. so, i want to decrease spread in schools. you talk garrett talked in his report how everybody is trying to close. we don t need to give them the excuse to close. if we have the boosters, and they are being used, along with other mitigating strategies, it s going to be less outbreaks and then the schools can remain open. i definitely want all teachers to be vaccinated and boosted as well. bret: you are also right about these carl rove about moderna and developed by nih that won t share its technology with the world. what about that? you know, bret, as you know, i have been critical of dr. fauci and i have praised him at times. i don t understand why the nih is not involved in this. you know, there is a trips
advisory globally. the united states said that they were going to back giving the technology away to other countries. but meanwhile, moderna, which was developed by the nih, is not exporting either its technology, its infrastructure, or its vaccines. millions of vaccines are being thrown away here. and if people out there wonder what we are doing with these variants, well, omicron came from africa. and delta came from india. if we could vaccinate the world, and not necessarily export all the vaccines although, again, we are wasting a lot, we could definitely decrease the risk of further variants emerging. it is so important. we are part of the global community. i want nih to be at the front of this. bret: dr. marc siegel. as always, thank you. thank you. bret: up next, new details on democrats and republicans messaging strategies heading into this year s midterms. 5, 10, 30% basic american
hopeful in 2020 but for god s sake, please take advantage of what s available. bret: leslie? i have been very upset since the beginning of this and the last administration and currently as well with the lack of unity between the cdc, the nih, and the white house. and that information coming out and constantly changing is very confusing to the american public whether you have a d or an r next to your name when you vote. tests, for example, you know, at home testing, we know not is accurate. rapid response not as accurate. pcr more accurate. try to get an employment some places to get that test. look, i have a lot to say i m being told wrap in my ear. the bottom line is the medical professionals are just as confused, are just as confused with not just these variants but how fluid this is morphing and obviously people who are vaccinated are getting this variant, so we are seeing that
south africa absolutely. and he has apparently the best scientists not only in the country but in the world who are advising him between the cdc, the nih, the hhs and this is what their job is. their job is to forecast, their job is to see what s happening and what are the global trends and to be to respond quickly. the mere fact that this bureaucratic system failed and that joe biden and his team, the president did not anticipate these variants despite the fact that when you look at viruses i mean, even the, since person knows that there is going to be different flu strains for example. we know that they are going to mutate, we know that there will be different strains and the mere fact that they did not capture this, but the it administration failed on this and it did not have a plan in place earlier on i think is very telling of this administration and their failures to deliver for the american people considering that joe biden said