Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. The u. S. Recording 1,000 deaths in 24 hours. California just now surpassing new york in the most cases of coronavirus. And what President Trump said just moments ago. Governors in three more states tonight now making masks mandatory. Ohio, indiana and minnesota. President trump now saying wear a mask, even if you dont like it. It has impact. In florida tonight, icus nearing capacity. Some hospitals forced to convert rooms to handle the new covid cases. California now surpassing new york. Los angeles considering a stayathome order. And with the debate over when and how to reopen schools, one district in Tennessee Reopening Today and what they did. And how often students will go to school there. In texas, the two brothers in houston losing both parents within weeks. And in arizona tonight, a mother
infected, dying during childbirth. The baby surviving. And the new study tonight about how long antibodies could last. How quickly t
Former GOP congressman Adam Kinzinger sparks controversy by suggesting people wear a mask around Trump due to alleged odor, igniting a social media storm.
Health experts are once again recommending the use of masks due to the increasing incidence of the three major viruses this season: flu, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). At the end of November, the United States entered a tripledemia due to the coincidence of the flu, Covid-19 and RSV. These viruses are inevitable, and
still have enough virus to trigger a positive test. there is a little bit of concern with omicron that the first day or so of infection, the tests sometimes are falsely negative. and that is a concern. close family relative who had some illness today and i tested him and he was negative. and i told him we still have to assume you might be infectious. let s test again tomorrow. but no good evidence that i have seen, at least, that that the test on day five doesn t do exactly what you want it to be doing at that point, which is to say that you have a level of infection that s below which you can you can infect another person. also, important to emphasize that whatever the guidance is, you need to go wear a mask for at least the next five days to be absolutely secure. dr. jha, do you think maybe the real reason is that they are just under incredible pressure economically, right, to have people not being out and they want to just get them back in as quickly as they can? think it is
stability in our country. it cares about being able to pass from person to person to person, and talk about even saying wear a mask, should have been specific. wear an n95 mask. even those with a booster. studies show if you have waning efficacy within ten days from actually having ten weeks after having your booster shot, vaxen efficacy is as low add 30% to 50% effective. not seen with delta but is with omicron. to have these statements roll out really helps to say to cdc, do we make these decisions equickly, the most infected at this point are now children. in fact, in new york city increase in hospitalization of kids upwards of 400%. we have to redefine how we re approaching this pandemic. get people vaccinated and get people wearing n95 masks.