by that, they mean temperatures of 90 degrees or more. let s get the read from mark meredith at the white house. you might recall that mark was whining about this just yesterday. on double duty now. how are you holding up, my friend? reporter: says the man in the air-conditioned studio. neil: i m going to turn the thermostat down a little more. [laughter] reporter: unbelievable. good morning from a very steamy white house. 88 degrees, we re expecting the high to be 97. we also expect the president to stay in the white house isolating. white house says we should be getting an update from the president s doctors a little bit later on today. they re not going to be providing that on camera, however, the white house has been going to great lengths to show that the president is still able to carry out his duties. late yesterday as we were coming on the area for air for your show, we saw the president holding an event with his commitment take, we team, and then at his desk
and then again when that happens, that s always a risk for the transmission and acquisition of a respiratory illness. neil: very quickly, doctor, we have these spikes in cases as you know, and some are revisiting the cdc with recommendations for people to put masks back on. in new jersey a recommendation for all 18 counties there new york governor hochul is considering the same. not going beyond the recommendations. where do you stand on that? do you personally view masks as a good idea in this environment? or a bad one? oh, it s a very good idea, neil. i know there s this sort of pushback when you talk about mandate, but put mandate aside and looked at what s good common sense recommendation to keep yourself safe from being infected or from transmitting infection. the data the that well-fitted masks like the kn95 and the n95, those masks are very effective.
days ago, which specifically asked individuals in areas where there s high or substantial transmission to put their masks back on when they re in public-indoor spaces. that was intended to reduce transmission. recognizing that some breakthrough cases can, actually, end up transmitting infection. particularly, for people like me and you, anderson, and other parents who have unvaccinated kids at home, that extra layer of precaution will help us protect the vulnerable at home. but localities, like l.a. county and others that are putting mask mandates back in place. they are not only looking to protect the vaccinated. but they are trying to protect or prevent the unvaccinated from spreading the virus to others. because again, that is the dominant mode of transmission. so we have got to, certainly, make that clear to the public. but that s why, i think, you see more localities, also, revisiting mask mandates because we ve got to protect the unvaccinated from infecting others. and if those w
the guidance they issued a few days ago, we specifically asked individuals in areas where there is higher substantial transmission to put tear masks back on when they re in public or indoor spaces. that was intended to reduce transmission recognizing some break through cases can end up transmitting infection. particularly for people me and you and anderson and other parents who have unvaccinated kids at home. that extra layer of precaution will help us protect the vulnerable at home. localities, l.a. and others putting mask mandates back in place. they re not only looking to protect the vaccinated. they re trying to protect or prevent the unvaccinated from spreading it to others. again that is a dominant mode of transmission. we have to make that clear to the public. i think that s why you see more localities re-visiting mask mandates, because we got to protect the unvaccinated from infecting others and those who are vaccinated in unusual cases have break-through infections, we got mak