and businesses need a guide when prevalence will decline. >> certainly a much needed boost of optimism for the nation now coming from the former fda commissioner but ultimately, for now, parents we've talked about this before, pamela, are really just having to renew those concerns right now about sending their kids back to school, is it safe and are the right steps being taken? >> i'm one of those parents. thank you so much. >> thanks, pam. the nation's education secretary says the nation must learn to live with the om kicro variant including school children. he says a return to the classroom is essential. >> we recognize there may be bumps in the road this upcoming week when superintendents are working hard are getting calls saying that some schools may have five to 10% of the staff not available. so any decisions on very short term or emergency closures are most likely based off of a staffing issue and ultimately, those are safety issues when you don't have adequate staff. the goal is full-time in person