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paul offit. a member of the fda's advisory committee. you heard omar's report from chicago. we know that as long as schools are embracing vaccines, ventilation, testing and masking, health experts say it's safe for kids to go back. it's safe for in-person learning. but there is a shortage in testing. so what should schools do? i think in philly, where you are, they voted, the schools are remote now, right? >> i think 81 of the 200 schools in philadelphia are remote. but still, almost a little more than half are still going back to school because we want kids to be back in school, right? nobody has suffered, i think, social isolation from nat not being in school more than children. for many it's the only decent meal they get during the day and distance learning is in many ways a contradiction in terms. we want kids to be in school. then we have to do everything we can to keep them in school. the testing is a problem. so i think what we have to do is make use of the fact or understand the fact that we just don't have testing that's available. so the best thing to do then, if a

paul offit is the director at the children's hospital of philadelphia.e's also a member of the fda vaccine advisory committee. dr. offit, good to have you back. and wearing to start with the new guidance that came out from your hospital. six simple recommendations to get kids back into the classroom, quote, even in times of significant community transmission. far simpler than what we're hearing from the cdc and from the fda. just talk us through the critical points and why are you able, you as in the children's hospital of philadelphia, able to go further than the cdc? >> well, i think the question is when are you really contagious. and the way that this virus works is it initially, you're exposed and the virus reproduced itself hundreds and thousands of time ands you have no symptoms. that is when you're the most contagious, before you ever develop symptoms. and then you start to develop symptoms and then the virus reproduction becomes less and less. and then as your symptoms abate, meaning decrease, then the virus replication is no longer part of the d

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paul offit, let's hope if you are parents in the future will be taking those risks.nk you for talking to us on bbc news. firefighters in south africa say a blaze which devastated the houses of parliament in cape town on sunday have restarted after it was previously reported the flames had been brought under control. the bbc's southern africa correspondent has more. reporter: 24 hours after a blaze tour through south africa's parliament, firefighters are still putng out hotspots. the damage is said to be extensive. the oof of the national assembly, which is the main debating chamber, collapsed, and the room was gutted. a team of experts is combing through the scene. >> we can confirm that one of the biggest losses the people of south africa have suffered in this fire is the complete burning down of the national assembly chamber. and joint settings of the two houses. the national assembly and the national council of provinces. reporter: historical and veritable artifacts survived the fire. >> for today, they cannot gain access to the fire scene. the temperature inside

paul offit. he's a member of the vaccine advisory committee and so much more. dr.bout what fauci is saying about this universal coronavirus vaccine? is one needed? >> well, i think the last thing he said was most important, which is, when you think about it, and it's amazing, is when these vaccines were made, whichever vaccine, moderna, pfizer, j&j, they were all made against the original strain, the strain that left wuhan. that strain that left wuhan was replaced by delta and then omicron. they all continue to protect against serious illness. right now when you should worry is when these vaccines don't protect against serious illness. take a step back. we get an influenza vaccine every year, because if you didn't get one the previous year, you're no longer protected by it from the previous year. that's why we get one every year. if you don't have the coronavirus vaccine, you're not protected from serious illness. >> the mrmrna is said to be mor protective. is that why a pan virus is more possible? >> we've had human strains of the coronavirus circulating every yea

paul offit, head of the vaccine education center at children's hospital of philadelphia, absolutely said thinks we are wasting boosters on healthy teens and the idea of healthy kids because he thinks you are getting enough immune protection already from the first two shots suffer a team, here's my last part, 418 with two shots who had covid certainly should be compelled to get a booster doesn't seem to be over the top. kennedy: but we are going to be mandated to have the vaccines, we are going to be up-to-date in states where you have to have proper vaccination to get in restaurant. if you can't argue with the person standing outside who says can i see your license and proof of vaccination? no, i had covid, it's the same thing. they don't care because the rules are arbitrary. i agree with you about kids, both my kids had covid and had both shots. why would i get them boosters? >> that's right and you are a libertarian and agree with you on most things i agree one thing, the big problem is superimposed big government, isn't it? if a movie theater want to say you have to have a booster to

paul offit, always appreciate it. thank you. >>> the jobs market at the end of 2021 ends with a bang. this is one considered to be a b b bellweather for how the labor market is overall. this is actually double what economists predicted. break it down for us. >> that's right, erica, this is really some very encouraging news on the economy. 80 pieces that private sector payrolls viewed by 80,000 jobs that doubled expectations was actually the second strongest growth of the entire year, and this was broadbased growth. all sectors grew jobs led by the covid-sensitive and hospitality sector which added about a quarter million jobs. this is just another sign that this jobs market is really, really hot right now. first time jobless claims hovering at the lowest level in over 50 years. the unemployment rate staying at just 4.2%. that is down dramatically from the peak in april 2020 of nearly 15%, and not only an aspiring low but demand for workers is really high. we learned yesterday that a record 4.5 million americans quit t

paul offit is a member of the fda vaccine advisory committee and ounlor of the very important book "you bet your life." you're also joined by dr. aila stanford from the black doctors covid-19 consortium. thank you to both of you for joining us. dr. offit, do you agree with the assessment that the omicron surge appears to be peaking in the northeast right now, is relief on the way? >> i think so. if you look for the united kingdom or denmark which are a couple of weeks ahead of us, it does look like things are going to get better quickly and new york city thinks you get a sense of peaking and coming down. that is the situation in south africa. so i do think we'll get past this quickly. i do disagree with the notion that all of us should be resigned to getting omicron. the term that virologists used to describe circulating viruses is wildlife, like out of control. do everything you can to avoid the virus. remember when you talk about more than a thousand people dying every day, they're dying from this virus. so do everything you can to avoid it. >> and let me bring dr. stanford into the c

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paul offit. what are you seeing at your hospital right now? how sick are the kids? >> we're seeing in some ways a different kind of illness with omicron. typically you'd see more pneumonias. now more upper respiratory tract infections like croup. as was said earlier, they're unvaccinated generally. not only are they unvaccinated, the parents unvaccinated, siblings. often that's where they get it from. if you look at the largest group in this country unvaccinated it's people less than 30. and if we're going to get on top of this pandemic, we have to vaccine the young. >> today dr. walensky said this. >> hospital zagd rates for people infected with omicron are lower compared with prior variants. despite decrease in severity, the substantial number of absolute cases is resulting in hospitalization increases across all age groups. including children ages 0 to 4. >> even icu admissions are nearing the highest peak of the entire pandemic. so it it really accurate to keep saying omicron is, quote, less severe? how do you square that? >> no, jake, i don't think it's accurat

paul offit, director of the vaccine education center at the children's hospital of philadelphia. also, member of the fda advisory committee and dr. jonathan reiner, director of the cardiac-cath lab at george washington university hospital who advised the white house medical team under president george w. bush. so, dr. offit, schools across the country are obviously seeing a lot of delays but not seeing them here in new york. the new york mayor -- the new mayor who just took office, eric adams, holding firm and strong saying schools here are staying open. obviously, it is the biggest school district in the country, and one that can set an example for others. should schools stay open now? >> yes, that's certainly what we are doing at philadelphia. you know, we -- we need our children to be in school. i think the term distance learning is like a contradiction of terms. philadelphia, when children aren't in schools, they are -- they're -- many aren't getting the one decent meal they get during the day. incidence of child abuse basically disappears because you are not picking that up