once vaccines became available, i thought it was very important to get as many americans vaccinated as quickly as possible. and mandates worked. mandates do work. we are in a different position now, obviously, with more than 220 million americans vaccinated, 100 million people boosted. so we really have to ask houflz what is the role of mandates moving forward. and we re going to need to assess each of these individual situations differently. so what do you think? do you think this is something either the airlines or the government should reconsider? well, i don t think that vaccine mandates for air travel is going to happen. if it were going to happen it would have happened a long time ago during the delta and omicron surges. it s just not going to happen now when the case level is much lower than before. but at the same time i do think that having vaccine requirements, especially for private venues like events or restaurant or bars, that s a really good way to incentivize peopl
recent day of the holiday season thanks to covid and bad weather. more than 13,000 flights have been canceled since christmas eve. many stranded travelers may have attended new year s eve gatherings like this one last night in times square. but experts warn it could lead to a tidal wave of hospital admissions as omicron surges. the nation has already smashed another daily case record, but mass gatherings aren t the only issue. we were all taught if you have a significant exposure to covid, you would have been within six feet of somebody for more than 15 minutes. while omicron is so contagious, it s changing the rules. you can have a very transient encounter with somebody. maybe your mask is a little bit loose, maybe they pulled their mask down a little bit, maybe you walked into an elevator or somebody has just coughed. this is how you can contract this virus.
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we need to continue that trend. jonathan lemire, i want to talk to you about masks n school, that s one of the mitigation efforts that s been in place for a while. we know some counties and states remaining controversial and there is lawsuits to prevent that from happening. can you deliver your message to us why that is so important particularly now with arrival of omicron surges and cases surging among children. absolutely. we know the mitigation strategy works. i am a father, i want my children to be safe. and while my children tell me they don t like wearing masks, i don t like it. i know in order to keep myself safe and my community safe, it s something i have to do for now. it s unfortunate that it has become politicized. we know the data shows that in those places where students were not masked, there were greater
michael rubin. good morning to both of you. good morning. carley: good morning, michael. the biden administration doing a big, old victory lap but the headlines from wall street journal yesterday says the southern california ports are struggling to the cargo backlog of the omicron surges and the article says before pete buttigieg in california, so few dockworkers that operations were effectively halted. what is going on here? it is way too early to declare victory and it is getting much worse. over 100 vessels waiting to get in. it is actually faster to get to the east coast of the united states instead of california. we are open in florida and hopefully the administration will take some of those potentially available dollars and invest in supply chain routes in florida. we didn t get any money in the