Believe security required to be part of the alliance, we believe that s their right and we should do so. not only does that mean we will have an obligation to defend these two countries, but they will have an obligation to defend the rest of nato, including the baltic states, which remain expoegszed, no matter the outcome of the war when it comes to russian capabilities. i think european security will be enhanced and the security of finland and sweden will be enhanced and russian security will be enhanced. that poses no threat to russia. is in everyone s interest. and just finally, mike mcfall zb you heard anything more about the opposition leader who was arrested shortly after doing interviews on msnbc and cnn for criticizing the kremlin? well, he s in custody. he has a fantastic lawyer. sounds like it will be a 15-day arrest.
This is the reason why for health care workers it s so important that we preserve the ability of our hospitals to function but also transit and grocery stores coming into this holiday season and so many other essential workplaces may have a critical shortage of workers. so i do think that a test to return to policy is what should be implemented at this point. even after five days, if you test negative, why not be able to come back to work? by the way, we also should distinguish between isolation and quarantine. so isolation is if you test positive, you should be isolated. but right now if you re vaccinated and you re expoegszed to somebody with covid, you actually do not need to quarantine. you can still be going to work, and workplaces that have not changed their policies to reflect the cdc guidance should do so. if you re vaccinated and exposed but don t have covid, you can still be going to work as long as you re wearing a mask. i probably misspoke because i often mix up and inter