has not come soon enough as they re grappling with the omicron surge. dr. row chel walensky addressing those concerns this morning. in the fall of this year, we had a delta surge, and we were able to safely keep our children in school. every jurisdiction is going to have to make these decisions locally, but i would say the most important thing we can do is get our children vaccinated, our teachers vaccinated and our teenagers vaccinated and then to practice all those layered mitigation strategies that have been proven to work. let s go now to nbc news correspondent josh letterman joining us from the white house and julie sirkin at the capitol. we begin with you, josh. what do we expect to hear from the president and vice president when they heard to georgia this week? you will hear a full-throated endorsement of legislation to protect and expand voting rights including the john lewis legislation and people for the
transmission is high enough in 63% of the country right now that indoor mask-wearing is recommended regardless of vaccination status. that was not the only stunning reversal out today from the cdc. 2 1/2 weeks ago cdc said that fully vaccinated students will not need to wear masks when they return to classrooms this fall. today they took that back. the change in policy also applies to all students or people who work in the classroom. the cdc says it s recommending that all students, teachers, staff, students, and visitors wear masks in all k-12 schools this fall, regardless of their vaccination status. joining us is dr. row chel walensky, director of the cdc. dr. walensky, thank you for your i m, thank you for being with us this evening. the reaction i ve seen on social media to this is it s giving people whiplash. the cdc has changed fairly suddenly in the opinion of some people. give me a sense of the science behind this decision.