she is the founder of metropolis pain medicine and the author of coronavirus made simple. every time i say your name. i practice it so many times and when it comes to saying it live i can t do it. all right. let s start with the long-term risks of potential mental health issues that children may encounter during remote learning. do they outweigh the short term benefits do you think of mandating covid tests for public school students? over the past couple of years it does. we see depression and anxiety increasing with remote learning. the suicide rate increasing. hard to separate whether it s from remote learning or the virus itself for the lockdowns. it seems as people are deprived of seeing their peers, the benefits of working with others and the education that they gain from the school in-person setting that s what is contributing to all of those negative effects.
new york city mayor bill de blasio trimming on the times square new year s eve celebration over covert surge. viewing areas that normally come late about 58,000 people will now be limited to about 15,000 to allow more social distancing. and everyone attending must show proof of vaccination and also, wear a mask. thanks julie. while the cdc just announced changes to the recommended quarantine time, for infected health care workers. reducing it from seven days, reducing it to seven days from ten. author of coronavirus made simple, doctor, thank you for being with us today. what you make of this change bring it from ten based on the seven? the right thing to do? i think it is a step that is there to solve a short-term problem which is a staffing