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We should do everything possible to keep our schools open.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think our goal should be – is to get to a place where we can pull back on these types of restrictions … as quickly as possible and as safely as possible, and in that process there will be, I think, a very important role that states and localities play in tailoring the approach based on their individual community circumstances.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What we know … is that masks are a helpful tool to help reduce spread of the virus, when we look at schools in fact that have masking there is less spread and there are in fact fewer school closures as a result of there being less spread of the infection.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It was a stressful period where people were worried and staff members were concerned about this pandemic that was descending on our country, the way he would run meetings and to both chart out a path forward, reassure people, his calmness in the face of serious adversity and uncertainty -- those are invaluable qualities that he brought to the operation.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Whenever we are called, especially when it is scary or hard or unprecedented, we answer that call, and that's exactly what you've done.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I just want to make sure people understand this very clearly: We are not back in March 2020, despite the prospect of a new variant – omicron – on the horizon and despite the fact that we found cases here, we have more tools, we have more knowledge to protect ourselves.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We do know that the measures that we take to protect ourselves from the spread of COVID — including wearing masks in indoor spaces, being in well-ventilated spaces – those work and will work against omicron, we also know with vaccines, Chris, that even though we’re trying to figure out the exact level of protection our vaccines will give against omicron, in every case we have seen the vaccinated are better off, particularly more protected against hospitalization and death, than the unvaccinated. That’s why we're urging people to get vaccinated and boosted.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The timeline really depends on how quickly the companies are able to do the trials and get that data to the FDA.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
If you are unvaccinated, you are at great risk right now, and you should take measures if you're unvaccinated, like masking, distancing, avoiding indoor gatherings.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
There have been positive steps taken by these technology companies, but what I’ve also said to them publicly and privately is that it’s not enough.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
That's part of how we protect patients from infection and patients coming into hospitals are often vulnerable.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The federal government is not planning to create a database of people who have been vaccinated.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The goal of the student community corps is to one, recognize the power that young people have to not only get vaccinated, but to help their peers get vaccinated. And it's also to recognize that, inherent in that power, is the fact that young people often want to hear from other young people, the student community corps is really intended to provide young people with the resources and support that they need to go out there and talk to their classmates, to their family members, and to their friends and help them get the information they need to get vaccinated. And sometimes that's information about the nature of the vaccine, sometimes it's information about the variants, the Delta variant, sometimes it's information about long Covid symptoms and the risks of going unvaccinated.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The student community corps is really intended to provide young people with the resources and support that they need to go out there and talk to their classmates, to their family members, and to their friends and help them get the information they need to get vaccinated. And sometimes that's information about the nature of the vaccine, sometimes it's information about the variants, the Delta variant, sometimes it's information about long Covid symptoms and the risks of going unvaccinated.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
What we've learned over the last several months is that you need to take a multi-pronged approach, taken together, I do believe the variety of incentives we have, the variety of access initiatives that we have taken and the community based grassroots education campaign that we've embarked on, that these will be effective in continuing to move forward with our vaccination campaign.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The news about the Delta variant is evidence of really why it's so important for us to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
For those who are unvaccinated, they are increasingly at risk as more and more variants develop.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I think The United States absolutely can still hit that goal, now, because The United States've had so much success early on, The United States are now getting to the part of the campaign which is tougher. The United States've got to look further, if you will, convince more people, get them the right information, increase access even further.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This is not just about what government can do. It's about what each of us can do. It's about you making the decision to get vaccinated and about you talking to your family and friends.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Because we have had so much success early on, we are now getting to the part of the campaign which is tougher.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The pandemic has shed new light on this struggle and reminded us of an unmistakable truth : we need each other.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
And that's going to take a lot of work -- work dispelling misinformation, working on the supply, increasing distribution channels, and that's some of what the vaccine plan that( President Joe Biden) announced over the last week is intended to achieve.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I think in these situations it is essential to let science and public health guide these decisions, what we know, from scientists and from public health experts is that a quarantine and a travel restriction at this stage does not make sense. It is not supported by evidence.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
It's also personal to me because I've cared for many patients over the years who have suffered from asthma and have seen firsthand how frightening it can be to suddenly be wheezing and fighting for every breath, asthma can be very difficult for patients, but also for their families. The impacts of climate change could make the situation worse.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
There've been theories and ideas around the fact that e-cigarettes may be helpful from a harm reduction perspective in helping people who are already on cigarettes (that) have had trouble quitting actually get off cigarettes, if the data indeed bears that out, then I think we should absolutely embrace that and use e-cigarettes in targeted ways.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I'm concerned about e-cigarettes, and I think this is an area where we are in desperate need of clarity, i think it's important for us to understand the impact, particularly on youth, before we allow the full-fledged spread of these e-cigarettes and then later have problems that we have to deal with.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
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