superspreader. guests there were maskless. they were asked to show proof of vaccination but they did not have to take a test or show evidence they had taken one recently. what lesson should we learn from this outbreak? how should large events be handled moving forward? good morning, jonathan. yes, clearly covid is not done with us. what we re seeing is with this highly transmissible variant that we still need to put covid protection measures in place. you would think at a gridiron event you would think they would have the resources to do so. at the very least everyone should have been tested on the day of event to ensure safety and, you know, we know many of the workers were wearing masks but many attendees were not. we have about 10% of people who have attended so far have been infected. so i think that we have relaxed those protection measures a little bit too soon, but we do have what we call the tools. we have the tools to keep everyone safe. we need to make sure that these event
there threshold for delaying non-urgent surgeries, as the nation grapples with the still-rising flood of patients. and this morning, talks between the chicago teachers union and the school district are continuing as they work towards getting kids back in classrooms among this omicron surge. tomorrow, more than 330,000 students will be out of school for a fourth day if the two sides don t come to an agreement on covid protocols. city officials have already rejected most components of the latest proposal. they call for more testing and a return to in-person learning on january 18th. the city says it s already spent enough, about 100 million, on additional covid protection measures. this standoff comes as surging omicron cases pummel chicago. joining me now, sarah carve, an educator reporter for wbjz in chicago. there has been a lot of back and forth on negotiations this weekend. walk us through where we stand with the talks this morning. so, yesterday, after the
leaders are making a conscious choice to fight back against president biden s covid protection measures. how will democrats proceed in dealing with a party so unwilling to help fight the pandemic? jonathan, these people are unhinged. it s like watching a version of looney tunes or something. they re cuckoo for cocoa puffs. this is absolutely crazy. there are so many vaccines that we take just walking around. you know, polio, measles. i have two young kids and every few months we take them to get their shots so that they can go to school. so why the hysterics for adding yet one more vaccine? there are people who are dying in the streets in other nations because they don t have access to the vaccine and we do. we are so fortunate. we are so blessed. but we also need to use the mind and the intellect we have. let s protect our people.
How mask, early testing and vaccine can reverse Covid-19 curve in India
Considering the Covid-19 surge, doctors and health experts have suggested a number of ways to check the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Here are the ways
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Health workers collect nasal swab sample to test for Covid-19 in Vijayawada (Source: PTI)
International
help has started arriving in India as the Covid-19 situation turned into a severe crisis. A “Help India Defeat Covid-19 campaign” has been
launched in the US, which responded late in resuming medical supplies to India. The entire world seems to be praying that India reverses the Covid-19 curve.