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<b>News 12</b>'s Rich Barrabi was joined by Dr. Sharon Nachman to talk about masks in schools. 

News 12's Rich Barrabi was joined by Dr. Sharon Nachman to talk about masks in schools.

Bronx

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On Sunday night, we're checking in with Alan because we are on storm watch. So, what's this 5050 weekend we got going on because Saturday is all right. Yeah, Saturday is going to be actually picture perfect. You want to enjoy Saturday? That's the outdoor day because it's going to be absolutely beautiful. It's also going to be milder. We're going to see middle fifties. Lots of sunshine go out and enjoy it because we don't get these kinds of days in December, albeit an entire winter pretty often then heading into Sunday. That's when things change big time, the temperatures. I mean, that's the only good part about this is that we will be in the middle sixties actually, but it's going to be quite the stormy finish and we're looking out for the potential of a few even squall lines. Yes, some thunderstorms are looking likely. So let's take a look at when to expect the rain. It's going to be moving in Sunday, especially late morning and early afternoon. Look at how Saturday is pretty much dry day and night may be an isolated shower. But aside from that, it's really going to be into the daytime on Sunday. Right. Lunchtime, we're going to see that rain into Sunday night. That rain will be heavy at times. It will be a windswept rain, continuing into the Monday morning commute and wrapping up around lunchtime. So that by the time we get to Monday evening, things are fine. Let's take a look at the future cast, which is going to pretty much everything is nice and clear all the way through Saturday. Just a few passing clouds here and there. Heading into Sunday though, it'll start off cloudy. This is at 7 a.m. No, no matter where you are across the, you're fine early on into the afternoon, we're going to see all the rain showers moving in. This is at 1230. That's pretty much, yeah, that's it for outdoor activities, those sports games, if you can fit them in earlier or better yet on Saturday, that would be the best time because you could see already some steadier rain moving into Riverdale and then heading into the three o'clock hour across Park Chester City Island and sound view. Some moderate rain is expected. We'll see it on and off. It's not expected to be heavy until we get to about midnight when that squall could potentially move on through. And on top of that wind gust could be approaching 50 MPH, especially for our coastal community. So looking at that 10 day forecast again, it's for that second half of Sunday, first half of Monday that I'm really worried about some potential wind damage, those holiday decorations, either secure them or bring them all in. I mean, at least like half the weekend salvaged you could do a little, even a little bit more than half. Yeah, about two thirds. All right, Alan, thank you. Well, community health workers want to teach you how.

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Brooklyn

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Connecticut

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Ahead of your weekend storm watch team. Meteorologist, Jonathan Cuban is here as we get set for some potentially wet weather. Jonathan. Yeah, we do. We got some dry days for today or tomorrow and then as we get into your Saturday afternoon, we can expect some showers which are gonna be potent, could even see a thunderstorm with some strong gusty winds. But for today, temperatures a lot better, closer to average Sunday's rain is gonna bring anywhere from 2 to 3 inches and again, strong gusty damaging winds could potentially be an issue as well as we're gonna watch for some flood flooding. Also. Now, fast forward into your weekend Saturday morning. Not all too bad numbers into the forties. You got some errands to run. You're looking pretty good. We're gonna work with a lot more cloud cover tomorrow than what we're dealing with for today. But temperatures are on the up mid to upper fifties for a lot of folks as you continue to push into your afternoon. Now Saturday night looks good. Numbers still sitting pretty comfortably. As far as those go for this time of year, we're talking numbers into the mid forties, upper forties for some spots as well. We fast forward into your Sunday. Sunny morning looks good. It's gonna be a mild start those numbers in the fifties, but that rain really pulls in by your afternoon. We're talking a little bit of some light showers before we really see a cluster of some thunderstorm pushing in for your mid afternoon, late afternoon and evening. We get a little bit of a break. The worst of it watching right now is your Sunday night into your Monday again, we're looking at some heavy rain, some potential coastal flooding. Certainly with those high tide times pushing into your Monday mornings, that's something we're gonna watch for as well. Uh We could see some flooding alerts from the National Weather Service so you got to stay locked in with us so we can keep you up to date with the latest information that we gather. Heading into the first part of your sunny, that first round of rain. You're looking at about three quarters of an inch late overnight into the early parts of your Monday. You're talking about 2, 2.5, potentially three for some isolated spots and don't forget about the damaging winds again. You got the Christmas lights and decorations up around the house. You may want to make sure they're secured with those gusts pushing closer to 50 heading into the early parts of your Monday morning. We're also going to experience those warmer numbers. We're actually gonna trend colder throughout the day as that strong front pushes in chillier air and we'll see that throughout at least the first half of next week.

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Hudson Valley

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We are on storm watch on this Friday for what's coming on Sunday. Matt fill us in. Yeah. So we have some moderate to heavy rain and strong gusty winds still slated for Sunday. The worst, still Sunday evening and it's very early on Monday. So it's a 5050 weekend coming up again. 53 tomorrow is the pick of the week, clouds and breaks of sun, but then Sunday will start off dry in the morning. But rains developing throughout the day, the wind is ramping up and we'll have those gusts exceeding 30 to 40 MPH into the evening and overnight on Sunday. So here's the futurecast. The lighter shades of here really won't be reaching the ground. The timing that I want you to pay attention to is after three o'clock Sunday afternoon. That's when the first showers break out, but it's still kind of just nuisance weather at that point. The higher impact weather, the worst of this storm will be after eight or nine o'clock Sunday evening. That's when the heaviest rain will be around. That's when the chance for ponding will exist into the early part of Monday morning during those overnight hours as that heavy rain comes down for a few hours. Now, colder air will work on the backside of this storm. I'm not too concerned about winter mix and snow, but there can be a few wet snow flakes and higher elevations of Orange Duchess in Ulster County says this kind of rapidly pushes away from us into early on Monday. By the Monday morning, commute, still going to be a little bit gusty outside, still wet and we have the wet leaves around this time of the year. So there can be some slippery conditions from that early on Monday. Here you can see a snapshot of some of those wind gusts Sunday evening around that 40 mile per hour range at times and rainfall totals 1 to 2 inches on average across the Hudson Valley at this point. Some of those finer details will get adjusted over the next couple of days. So make sure you're checking back with us frequently for those important updates. A mix of sun and clouds today. A nice Friday overall smile worthy weather for sure. Highs finally more seasonable in the mid forties overnight tonight, partly cloudy chilly have the heavy cold lows in the thirties tomorrow. Again, a nice day, Sunday showers developing in the afternoon, heavier rain and gustier winds Sunday evening into early on Monday, Monday afternoon, dry breaks of sunshine still breezy. Then the rest of next week looks good with a mix of sun and clouds and high, staying in the forties through next weekend.

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Long Island

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Forecast. We're in storm watch. Not for today, not for tomorrow, but Alex says for Sunday. Absolutely. I mean, look at this, this morning, we've had some pretty good sunrises this week. I know Ben, you know what? We've been enjoying them inside where we're not freezing cold. That's the problem on the beach. I know, you know, Mother Nature just has his way of giving us some beautiful sunrises when it's really uncomfortable outside. But let's talk about the jump into the forties that we're expecting by mid morning. It is warmer at 9 a.m. today at 40 than it was at point yesterday. Yesterday, we only hit 39 for a high today. We're expecting 47 Glen Cove Hempstead, Huntington, Smithtown all the way to Riverhead. We are all in the mid forties across the island today. Tonight, we drop into the mid thirties, but we're actually back in the forties by Saturday morning, we're looking really warm on Saturday, but clouds will build very quickly. So expect Saturday to be generally cloudy with just peaks of sun temperatures in the mid f by 10 o'clock in the morning. And we're expecting in those mid fifties all day Saturday. Ok, let's talk Sunday because that is definitely what's on everybody's mind right now. And we have got some showers passing through around noon time on Sunday. You see, winds aren't really too bad at this point, but the rain will be heavy at times. Sunday afternoon, the morning should be mainly dry with just sprinkles. But the middle part of the day, we're already seeing showers and we're expecting another round of rain to come as you had to sleep on Sunday. So you see dinner time, maybe break in the rain. But then 12 o'clock in the morning, now we've got rain and on top of that, some pretty gusty winds. I do think some of the mole guidance is overdo it with some gusts up to 50 MPH. But it is possible. I'm thinking closer to 30 to 40 MPH. That's more than enough to get the Christmas decorations blown across the street. And we also have to worry about how much rain we're going to see. So, through five o'clock on Sunday, it's pretty manageable, about half of an inch at the most toward Nassau County. But look at this plume of heavy rain right now, the GFS Mogg sets it up just to the west of the city, but that red is over three inches of rain. So where the heaviest rain sets up, we're just gonna have to kind of fine tune it as we get a little closer. The European Mole has 1 to 2 across the island. It looks like the farther west you go, the better that heavy rain risk is going to be. But the wind is for everybody. By Monday morning, things are starting to calm down and we're looking cool and dry for next work week. All right. Thank you. All.

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New Jersey

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Tony. That looks amazing. Everything there looks delicious and, and it's just beautiful to look at as well. What a special place to check out Sunday storm, you might want to head over there instead of being outside on Sunday. So that's a good recommendation too because the weather conditions are going to feature downpours in the evening. So I have three things I want to show you about Sunday's storm and they're going to be freeze frame. So the first one here, the downpours look how widespread it is across the entire state. We're going to see afternoon showers. Now that's not going to be for everyone at the same time, kind of be like on and off. And then bam comes the flooding after seven o'clock, gusty conditions are going to be worse down the shore, you know, east of the Parkway, Monmouth and Ocean County, that's where you're going to see some gusts up to 30 to 50 MPH. That's not too nice. Right. So let's just be aware of that for our holiday decorations that are outside. Now, does that mean that the rest of the state is not going to see the win No, that's not true. Everyone's going to see at least 30 to 40 five mile per hour gusts. But the coast up to 50 that's the only catch there. And last but not least how much rain a widespread two inches of rain is expected with hyper locally, higher amounts. What do I mean by that? There will be some cells that set up and follow each other and will be a little bit heavier than the other cells in the surrounding communities. So we could see upwards of three inches of rain in some select communities. Well, Rizzo, which one, I can't tell you exactly where that's setting up yet, the storm doesn't exist nearby. So we can't really see the progression or the track of where those embedded cells are going to be forming. We'll know Sunday morning and we'll have an idea on Saturday night as well. Here's that forecast showing you across the state Sunday actually starts off pretty quiet. I think this is too early. This is 10 a.m. It shows like an isolated Sprinkle or something, but I, I don't think it's happening until maybe after one o'clock in the afternoon where we're going to start seeing some of the scattered showers and downpours. There could be some unusually dry breaks or unexpectedly dry breaks before that squall comes through by 10 o'clock at night. But that squall is the nasty squall stretching from west to east, exiting the coast by 4 a.m. in the morning.

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The New Normal: Should we ditch masks in schools?

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dr Nachman, let's get right to it. Big headlines in New Jersey Connecticut, some other states across the country as well coming out now regarding masks in schools. You see the numbers going down, where do you stand on the issue of face coverings and schools right now. So I think it's very exciting to see the numbers going down that tells us that the american surge has really pretty much ended. However, we have to be a bit cautious. Remember this is a highly infectious virus. So if we take off the masks a little too early we may see another mini surge because those people who have not yet gotten covid well in fact get covid, do we need another few weeks or a few days? The answer is I don't know. I think right now this very minute it maybe a little too soon. Four weeks from now sounds perfectly appropriate to me. We'll have enough numbers will have seen any more little blips of infections and that will tell us we're safe to take off our masks dr knock manure. Someone who is looking at the numbers on a daily basis and you're not beholden to residents to voters right? You're able to just give us an assessment based on the science, which is not the case for governors and others across the country based on the numbers you're seeing, does this seem like the right move to you? I think it's definitely in the right direction. I think when we hit new infections that are less than 1%. That sounds like it's about the right time to take off our masks, be it in school at work places at other places, but we have to be prepared to very, very closely follow what happens next. I want to remind you though, the reason that we're able to even consider taking off our masks is because those new infections that are And people who have been vaccinated means they don't come to the hospital and that's really why we're able to say let's consider taking off our masks. Why do I worry? I worry about the kids in school are vaccination rate of the 5 to 12 year olds is only about 30, That means that they are at extreme risk for getting covid as well as getting the multi system inflammatory disease as well as coming to the hospital with their infections. So I think we have to balance getting those kids vaccinated with the goal to actually getting their masks off. Okay, so let's fast forward here and say, we're looking at a classroom now where it becomes optional and say the majority of students decide their parents decide you no longer have to mask up in class, but there are other parents are going to say let's play it safe, let's keep the masks on. So my question for you, dr Nachman is do those Children still have protection even if it does become a mixed environment, some masks on, some masks off. Certainly those Children will still have some level of protection, particularly if they've been vaccinated as well. I want to remind families that this is something that your parent must discuss with the child's pediatrician and do what is in the best interest for their child. There are many Children out there that have immune compromising states and their parents may decide that even if the mask mandate is done, their Children will still wear some wear masks. We should not be mask shaming those families. We should respect those parents authority and say if their kid is going to school with a mask, that's okay. You hear a lot of people who are on the side of the issue who have said, listen, we're not necessarily against you wearing a mask. We're just against the choice, everybody should be able to see what they do for school or for work or for wherever they're going in the morning. But to that end in general public settings now, not necessarily in school. Should we take the removal of mandates to mean it is safe to go in public indoors without a face covering. I think it really depends on who you are, What medication you're on and what is your underlying medical issues. I think that for most people it's probably going to be safe. I assume they have been vaccinated and particularly that they have been boosted, but if you're talking about an 80 year old who has high blood pressure diabetes, perhaps some other medical issues and has never been vaccinated or not boosted. It's not going to be safe for them. So really these broad strokes of mask, Yes, mask no, really need to be decided on a person to person level. Who are you, what are your medical problems? How old are you and particularly have you been vaccinated and boosted all of that is part of the answer as to should I wear a mask where I'm going or should I not? I want to read you an interesting tweet that came from the former U. S surgeon general under president trump. This is from jerome Adams and here's what he wrote quote. I respectfully disagree with many of my colleagues who are espousing the idea that prematurely dropping mask mandates will somehow make it easier to bring them back if or when things get worse again. How'd that work out when the CDC said vaccinated could unmask last summer? It's an interesting point. Doctor knocked minute comes from the former surgeon general. Here, are you concerned that if this is done in a premature manner, should there be a situation down the line where we see a new spike? It may be that much more difficult to get public buy in on the issue of face coverings again? Of course it's going to be difficult once people are unmasked to go back to wearing a mask. That idea that, oh, we're free. We're good. We don't need a mask. It's going to be very hard to overcome that. On the other hand, there are many things in life that we've had to pivot on. Should we go on a trip or not go on a trip? What should we do for christmas? We've all had to pivot with difficult decisions. I respect the american public and appreciate that they are going to listen to the science. And if the science shows us another variant, just like american sweeping through our schools, our communities that we may need to mask for a short time, I suspect that they will follow suit. Everyone knows that we are part of the same community and our goal is to protect not only ourselves but each other and wearing a mask. If there is another surge, maybe just part of that. So do you think what we're talking about now in the public discourse and what we're seeing some of these elected officials announced indicates that we're going to learn to live with this thing. We're not gonna get rid of it. We're going to learn to live with it one way or another. Is that your takeaway? Absolutely. We want to move from pandemic, which means brand new virus. None of us have seen before to endemic. Similar to flu. We have bouts every year. We would like people to get vaccinated, be safe, stay home if you're sick And get back to regular living. I think it is going to move to the endemic phase. And if you think about what happened to the 1917 flew, it was the same thing two years and then it moved to endemic. We're going to be in the same boat. So what I'd like to ask you then also on the issue of vaccines and boosters is as we start to take away some of these safeguards, how do you ensure that folks still understand the importance of getting vaccinated and getting boosted? Because as you know, there are many who still have not done so, especially in younger ages. Well, I'm hoping that they're going to be listening to the science. I'm hoping they're going to be looking around and noticing that 900,000 Americans have died from COVID in the past two years. We don't want to add to those numbers. So yes, it means taking responsibility for yourself and getting the vaccine and getting boosted and also taking responsibility for your family and your colleagues if you're sick, stay home Lastly for you personally, would you feel comfortable out in a public setting? Say a supermarket? Maybe it's a bigger setting like a concert or a sporting event without a mask. I think it really depends over the next two weeks. What the numbers do if they plateau and stay at that 1% or even less. Certainly going to the supermarket. I don't have a problem. Not wearing a mask in a very public area, like an arena where you're in an enclosed space with thousands of other people that you don't know. Maybe not yet. I think it really depends on who you are and where you're going and how crowded that area is. I have been boosted, I've been vaccinated and I'm relying on those protections to also keep me safe.

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