AND FLOODING HAS HIT LEOMINSTER HARD.

WILL HURRICANE LEE ADD TO THE DAMAGE?

METEOROLOGIST DAVE EPSTEIN JOINS ME TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW CLIMATE CHANGE PLAYS INTO ITS.

PLUS, STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS ARE BACK AND AMERICAN BORROWERS OWE A LOT.

HOW ARE OTHER COUNTRIES ABLE TO KEEP COSTS UNDER CONTROL?

WHEN NEW COVID BOOSTER IS COMING OUT.

WHEN YOU GET IT?

ROADS LOOK MORE LIKE RIVERS AFTER 10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ON LEOMINSTER LAST NIGHT.

FLASH FLOODS WASHED OUT ROADS, INUNDATED BUILDINGS AND FORCED HUNDREDS TO EVACUATE.

IT IS ONE OF THE WORST STORMS THE AREA HAS SEEN IN A WHILE AND PART OF THE GROWING TREND OF MORE SEVERE RAIN STORMS.

SCIENTISTS SAY CLIMATE CHANGE IS TO BLAME.

DAVE EPSTEIN JOINS ME NOW.

HE HAS BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON HURRICANE LEE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

CAN YOU GIVE US THE LAY OF THE LAND ON WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS?

DAVE: A LOT OF RAIN.

GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU.

WE HAD A BOUNDARY IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT GOT STUCK OVER NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY INTO NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND IT PROVIDED RAINFALL IMPETUS TO CONTINUE THE RAIN.

WE CALL IT TRAINING WHICH MEANS THE RAIN GOES ALMOST ON TRAIN TRACKS AND KEEPS APPEARING ON THE SAME AREA.

PROBABLY A ONCE IN 200 YEAR EVENT.

THE ODDS OF THESE OCCURRING IS SOMETHING LIKE ONCE EVERY COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS.

ABDALLAH: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN OVER VERY FEW HOURS.

GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW MUCH RAIN THEY DEALT WITH.

DAVE: OVER 9 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LEOMINSTER AREA.

PROBABLY SOME PLACES THAT GOT 10.

MANY OTHER AREAS ANYWHERE FROM 2-6 INCHES OF RAIN.

THAT IS A HUGE VOLUME OF WATER.

OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT BUILT TO HANDLE THAT.

THEREFORE, WE ENDED UP WITH THE FLOODING WE HAVE SEEN.

ABDALLAH: CLIMATE CHANGE HAS BEEN SAID TO BE PARTLY TO BLAME FOR THIS RISE IN THESE KINDS OF TROPICAL STORMS.

TO WHAT DEGREE IS CLIMATE CHANGE PLAYING INTO THE STORMS AND SHOULD WE EXPECT MORE RAINFALL?

>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE DOES TO WEATHER.

CLIMATE CHANGE IS WHAT HAPPENS OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME.

WE ARE WARMING UP ACROSS THE PLANET.

NORTHEAST IS FORECAST TO A MORE HEAVY RAIN EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES THAN ANY OTHER AREA.

WOULD THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT LAST NIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF CLIMATE CHANGE WERE NOT HAPPENING?

PROBABLY, BUT IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN MORE -- AS POWERFUL.

THE INTENSITY AND FREQUENCY IS MORE THAN LIKELY BEING EXACERBATED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.

CERTAIN THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY, BUT AS THE CLIMATE WARMS, MAKES OF THE EVENTS BIGGER, POWERFUL AND MORE FREQUENT.

ABDALLAH: OBVIOUSLY, YOU CANNOT PREPARE FOR EVERYTHING.

SOMETIMES MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TO DEAL WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN IT DOES NOT ANTICIPATE.

HOW PREPARED IS THE STATE AND THE REGION FOR AN INCREASE IN THESE WEATHER EVENTS?

DAVE: I THINK A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES ARE PREPARING FOR MORE WATER.

WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THESE EVENTS WHICH WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT.

A LOT OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS BUILT LONG BEFORE CLIMATE CHANGE GOT UNDERWAY.

SOME OF THIS IS NOT READY FOR IT AND WILL NEVER BE READY UNTIL IT IS REPLACED OR UPGRADED.

THAT IS THE CHALLENGE FOR ALL CITIES AND TOWNS AROUND THE WORLD.

THERE HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF FLOODING AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, JUST IN LIBYA OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF FLOODING.

ABDALLAH: WHAT SHOULD RESIDENTS EXPECT FROM THE STATE IN TERMS OF HELPING THEM OUT?

>> IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL AID FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COME OUT LOOK TO YOUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, CHECK WHEREVER YOU CHECK TO FIND THAT SORT OF THING.

ABDALLAH: RESIDENT'’S ARE PREPARING FOR THIS UPCOMING STORM FROM HURRICANE LEE.

WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE EXPECT THIS WEEKEND?

GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF FLOODING THAT HAPPENED, ARE THE TOWNS PREPARED?

DAVE: HURRICANE LEE LOOKS LIKE IT WILL TAKE A TRACK AROUND BERMUDA, IT WILL NOT HIT THEM, AND THEN IT WILL MOVE OFF TOWARDS THE NORTH.

THIS SHOWS WINDS OVER 39 MILES PER HOUR.

THE HIGHEST ODDS ARE WAY OUT IN THE ATLANTIC.

IN TERMS OF WINDS, NOT REALLY CONCERNED.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW CLOSE THE STORM COMES TO THE UNITED STATES AS TO WHETHER WE GET HEAVY RAIN OR JUST SOME SHOWERS.

IT IS A FAST-MOVING STORM.

I DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE A TON OF RAIN UNLESS THE TRACK DRAMATICALLY CHANGES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

THIS WILL NOT THE WAY IT LOOKS NOW TURN INTO A MAJOR SITUATION.

ABDALLAH: OUR OFFICIALS GIVEN I NEED GUIDANCE AS TO HOW TO PREPARE FOR THAT STORM?

DAVE: WE HAVE ANOTHER RAIN EVENT WEDNESDAY, ALREADY UNDER A FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE STATE, INCLUDING GREATER BOSTON, INCLUDING LEOMINSTER.

I DO NOT EXPECT HURRICANE LEE TO BE A PROBLEM AROUND HERE.

JUST STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS.

IF THE TRAP STARTS TO TREND -- IF THE TRAP STARTS TO TURN TO THE LEFT.

BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT WILL BE A BIG DEAL FROM HURRICANE LEE AS OF NOW.

ABDALLAH: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

NEXT, AFTER A THREE YEAR MORATORIUM, STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS ARE BACK.

MAKE AN PAYMENTS WILL BE A CHALLENGE FOR A LOT OF BORROWERS .

KIRK CARAPEZZA, MANAGING EDITOR FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, JOINS US NOW.

HOW OTHER COUNTRIES MANAGE THIS AS WELL.

CAN YOU TELL US WHERE BORROWERS STAND?

KIRK: BORROWERS ARE ANXIOUS.

PAYMENTS HAVE BEEN ON PAUSE BUT THEY ARE COMING DUE AGAIN IN OCTOBER.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE MEDIA WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN'’S INITIAL $400 BILLION PROPOSAL TO FORGIVE MILLIONS OF LOANS.

THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK THAT DOWN IN JUNE.

THE ADMINISTRATION HAS OTHER PLANS, BUT THOSE FACE LEGAL CHALLENGES.

BORROWERS ARE ANXIOUS THAT INTEREST HAS STARTED TO ACCRUE AND PAYMENTS ARE DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH.

ABDALLAH: PEOPLE HAVE $35,000 ON AVERAGE IN STUDENT LOANS.

ONE THING YOUR STORY DOES IS POINTS OUT THINGS DO NOT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.

THERE ARE SOME COUNTRIES WHERE THERE IS NO TUITION AT ALL.

FOR EXAMPLE, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME COUNTRIES WHO OFFER TUITION FREE COLLEGE?

KIRK: ECONOMISTS THAT I SPOKE TO POINTED TO SCANDINAVIA, WHERE EDUCATION IS WIDELY SEEN AS A PUBLIC GOOD AND TUITION IS FREE.

I REMEMBER INTERVIEWING STUDENTS AND WALKING AROUND AND WE ASKED WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT STUDENT LOANS GOOD THEY LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS AN ALIEN.

THE WORD IN GERMAN FOR LOAN IS THE SAME WORD FOR GUILT OR SHAME.

THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE TUITION IS NOT FREE, THEY HAVE EMBRACED MORE HUMANE STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENTS.

ABDALLAH: ONE OF THE STRIKING EXAMPLES YOU USE IS THE UNITED KINGDOM.

I WAS SURPRISED THEY HAVE MORE DEBT.

KIRK: THEY HAVE TWICE AS MUCH.

ABDALLAH: WHAT WAS INTERESTING WAS HOW THE REPAYMENT PLAN WORKS.

KIRK: THE COST OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES COMPARED TO THE REST OF EUROPE IS RELATIVELY HIGH.

BUT THE AMOUNT IS CAPPED AT $12,000 PER YEAR AND STUDENTS ARE ENTITLED TO LOANS DEFINITELY COVER THE COST AND 95% DO TAKE OUT LOANS.

THERE IS THE INCOME-BASED REPAYMENT SYSTEM THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR STUDENTS TO AUTOMATICALLY DEDUCT THEIR PAYMENTS THROUGH EMPLOYER WITHHOLDING.

STUDENTS OFTEN BORROW TWICE AS THEIR AMERICAN COUNTERPARTS, BUT THIS INCOME SYSTEM PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY,.

ABDALLAH: ESSENTIALLY THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PAY BACK THEIR LOANS UNTIL THEY CAN AFFORD THEM.

AND THEY DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SIGNING UP FOR ANYTHING.

KIRK: IT IS AUTOMATIC.

ABDALLAH: DID YOU COME ACROSS ANY EXAMPLES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WHERE STUDENT DEBT, THE SYSTEM MIGHT BE WORSE?

KIRK: THERE ARE INFLEXIBLE REPAYMENT SYSTEMS THAT COULD LEAD TO SERIOUS ISSUES ELSEWHERE.

WE LOOKED AT COLUMBIA WHEN BURGERS THERE CANNOT REPAY THEIR LOANS THE SYSTEM THERE IMPLODED.

WE LOOKED AT ARGENTINA, A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW ACCESS AND FREE COLLEGE DO NOT ALWAYS GUARANTEE EFFICIENCY.

THE PLAN WAS TO MAKE EDUCATION A RIGHT FOR ALL.

THEY DROPPED ENTRANCE EXAMS TO MAKE IT EXTREMELY ACCESSIBLE, BUT THE FREE TUITION DID NOT TRANSLATE TO BETTER EDUCATION OUTCOMES.

DEGREES THERE CAN TAKE 5-9 YEARS TO COMPLETE.

ARGENTINA HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST DROPOUT RATES IN THE WORLD.

IN NIGERIA, THEY RECENTLY INTRODUCED A NEW STUDENT LOAN SCHEME AND IT HAS LENGTHY REPAYMENTS.

ZERO INTEREST, WHICH SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.

BUT THERE ARE STRICT CONSEQUENCES IF YOU DEFAULT.

YOU COULD GO TO JAIL, YOU HAVE TO PAY FINES.

TO COLLECT THESE STORIES, THERE ARE LESSONS THAT CAN BE VALUABLE FOR THE U.S. AS WE GRAPPLE WITH OUR OWN STUDENT LOAN CHALLENGES.

ABDALLAH: YOU TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE PAYING BACK THEIR LOANS.

HOW ARE PEOPLE FEELING ABOUT THIS?

KIRK: PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS.

WE HAVE HAD A THREE YEAR PAUSE WHERE PEOPLE WOULD TAKE THE MONEY AND SPEND IT ELSEWHERE.

THE PRESIDENT'’S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN WAS BLOCKED BY THE SUPREME COURT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WILL STAND UP TO LEGAL CHALLENGES.

THE ADMINISTRATION IS FACING LAWSUITS OVER SOME OF ITS OTHER POLICY CHANGES.

THERE WAS ONE LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION FOR ITS PLAN TO CANCEL 39 -- $39 MILLION FOR 800,000 BORROWERS.

IT WAS FILED BY A GROUP OUT OF D.C. AND THE ATTORNEY CHOOSES THE ADMINISTRATION OF BUREAUCRATIC OVERREACH.

THIS GROUP SAYS CONGRESS SHOULD ENACT LAWS AND CONGRESS SHOULD CONTROL THE NATION'’S PURSESTRINGS.

THIS ATTORNEY I SPOKE WITH ARGUES WE COULD LEARN FROM COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT GIVE UNCONDITIONAL LOANS.

WHEN YOU GIVE OUT UNCONDITIONAL LOANS, COLLEGES NO STUDENTS CAN AFFORD IT AND THEY END UP JACKING UP THEIR FEES.

ABDALLAH: WHERE DOES PRESIDENT BIDEN CURRENT PLAN STAND?

>> IT IS CALLED THE SAFE PROGRAM AND THEY ARE PUSHING IT VERY HARD.

YOUR MONTHLY PAYMENTS ARE BASED ON YOUR INCOME AND FAMILY SIZE.

SINCE IT LAUNCHED LAST MONTH, MORE THAN 4 MILLION BORROWERS HAVE SIGNED UP.

THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE PROGRAM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO MORE THAN 20 MILLION PEOPLE WHO EITHER HAVE FLATTERY HOW LOANS ARE PRIVATE LOAN DEBT THAT CAN BE CONSOLIDATED.

I SPOKE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THIS IS THE NEXT LEGAL BATTLE.

PEOPLE WERE COMING UP TO ME AND ASKING, IS THIS SOMETHING I SHOULD SIGN UP FOR?

ABDALLAH: THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME TODAY.

GREAT STORY.

NEW COVID BOOSTER SHOTS ARE AROUND THE CORNER.

THE FDA JUST APPROVED UPDATED VACCINES FROM PFIZER AND MODERNA TO TARGET THE XBB SUBVARIANT.

WHEN SHOULD YOU GET THE BOOSTER?

DR. CASSANDRA PIERRE, MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AT BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER JOINS ME.

TO START OFF, THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT INCREASE IN COVID CASES.

WHERE DO THINGS STAND WITH COVID ON THE RISE AND HOW IS MASSACHUSETTS FARING?

DR. PIERRE: WE HAVE SEEN A SUMMER RISE IN COVID INFECTIONS AND MASSACHUSETTS HAS NOT BEEN SPARED.

THIS INCREASE CONTINUES THOUGH IT IS NOWHERE NEAR WHAT WE SAW FROM THE TIME OF OMICRON NOR EVEN THIS PAST WINTER.

HOWEVER, IT IS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED AND PARTLY RELATED TO THE CIRCULATING -- THAT WE HAVE.

WE EXPECT TO SEE IT INCREASING.

ABDALLAH: THIS NEW SHOT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE FDA WAS DESIGNED TO COMBAT THE PREVIOUSLY DOMINANT SUBVARIANT IF I AM CORRECT.

HOW EFFECTIVE IS IT FOR THE NEW SUBVARIANTS?

DR. PIERRE: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE WERE TRYING TO SHOOT FOR A MOVING TARGET.

THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES HAVE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED [INDISCERNIBLE] THERE IS STRONG IMMUNITY PRODUCED AFTER VACCINATION.

WITH THE NEW VACCINE.

ABDALLAH: THAT IS GREAT.

ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT IS VACCINE FATIGUE.

ONLY 17% OF THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR THE LAST BOOSTER IN THE UNITED STATES GOT IT.

WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING FOR THIS BOOSTER?

ARE YOU EXPECTING A LOT OF PEOPLE TO SIGN UP?

DR. PIERRE: I HAVE TO BE HONEST, I ANTICIPATE WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE VACCINE FATIGUE, MAY BE EVEN A VERSION OR AT LEAST APATHY.

INTELLECTUALLY WE KNOW COVID [INDISCERNIBLE] PART OF THE FATIGUE WE SEE IS A DESIRE TO BE OVER WITH COVID.

THE VACCINE FATIGUE WE SEE ALSO IS WITH CLINICIANS AS WELL.

I ANTICIPATE WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE VACCINE FATIGUE, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR PHYSICIANS AND HOSPITALS TO TRY TO NORMALIZE THIS EXPERIENCE AND COMPARE IT TO SOMETHING LIKE THE FLU FOR WHICH WE DO HAVE PRECEDENTS OF DEALING WITH VACCINES.

ABDALLAH: WHEN THE NEWS CAME OUT YESTERDAY THAT FDA HAD APPROVED THE NEW BOOSTER, IT WAS UNCLEAR WHAT THE CDC WOULD RECOMMEND FOR WHO SHOULD GET THE VACCINE.

EVERYBODY WHO IS OVER 12 YEARS OLD IS ELIGIBLE.

FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WHO SHOULD BE GETTING THIS VACCINE?

SHOULD IT BE EVERYBODY?

SHOULD IT BE THE ELDERLY?

DR. PIERRE: AS YOU SAID, WE DO NOT HAVE A SENSE AT THIS POINT ABOUT WHO THE RECOMMENDED POPULATIONS WILL BE.

I CERTAINLY ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE AN EMPHASIS ON THOSE WHO ARE AT HIGHEST RISK, SO THOSE OVER 65, THOSE WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED.

BUT CERTAINLY, THEY ARE ON THE LIST BECAUSE THE RISK IS HIGHEST.

BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN A SHIFT IN THE LANDSCAPE IN TERMS OF THE VARIANCE THAT ARE CURRENTLY CIRCULATING, THESE VACCINES PROVIDE MUCH BETTER IMMUNITY TO THE CIRCULATING VARIANCE -- VARIANTS.

THEY COULD BE ELIGIBLE TO EVERYONE.

BECAUSE THESE VACCINES ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE WE WANT TO SEE THIS.

IT IS HELPFUL TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS A WAY TO REDUCE INFECTIONS, GETTING SICK AND ENJOY TIME WITH OUR LOVED ONES.

ABDALLAH: WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE FEELING HESITANT ABOUT ANOTHER SHOT THIS FALL?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE FENCE?

DR. PIERRE: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE REASON FOR GETTING VACCINES?

THOSE OF US WHO DO NOT FALL INTO CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE AT HIGHER RISK, THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE LESS LIKELY TO DEVELOP SEVERE DISEASE AND BE HOSPITALIZED.

HOWEVER, GETTING COVID-19 INFECTIONS CAN BE DISRUPTIVE AND BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THIS SHIFT IN THE VARIANTS, GETTING THE VACCINE CAN KEEP YOUR LIFE RUNNING SMOOTHLY, KEEP YOU ON TRACK FOR THE WINTER VACATION YOU HAVE PLANNED.

IT IS THE SAME REASON WE MIGHT GET A FLU VACCINE, TO REDUCE THE RISK OF SEVERE INFECTION AND ALLOW US TO LIVE OUR LIVES IN THE FALL AND WINTER.

ABDALLAH: GIVEN THE CASES THAT ARE ON THE RISE RIGHT NOW, SHOULD PEOPLE BE WORRIED ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF COVID?

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS EXPECTED, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT OR DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT THAT COVID IS STILL GOING TO BE UNDER CONTROL, WINTER?

DR. PIERRE: WE HAVE SEEN A SLOW RISE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS, BUT NOWHERE NEAR THE CATASTROPHIC INCREASES WE SAW WITH THE OMICRON VARIANT.

WE HAVE GAINED BETTER SOCIETAL IMMUNITY BASED ON OUR VACCINATION.

WITH THIS BEING MORE MANAGEABLE, WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL BE SO.

IT IS ALSO TRUE THERE WILL BE PREVENTABLE DEATHS AND HOSPITALIZATIONS THAT WILL OCCUR.

THIS WILL NOT BE ANYWHERE NEARLY AS DISRUPTIVE AS IT HAS BEEN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR RISK IS AND AVAIL OURSELVES OF THINGS THAT CAN TREAT US.

ABDALLAH: WE JUST GOT WORD THAT THE CDC IS NOW RECOMMENDING THE NEW COVID BOOSTER FOR ALL AMERICANS SIX MONTHS AND OLDER.

I HAVE ONE LESS QUESTION FOR YOU.

IS THERE ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF COVID YOU ARE LOOKING OUT FOR IN THE COMING MONTHS AS KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL AND WINTER COMES UP?

DR. PIERRE: WE HAD A PROLONGED RSV INFECTION.

THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE ARE KEEPING AN EYE BOOM -- EYE ON.

WE HAVE SOME UPDATED VACCINES FOR RSV WHICH WILL BE HELPFUL FOR HIGH RISK POPULATIONS.

AND OF COURSE FLU, AS ALWAYS.

WE TRY TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO KEEP OURSELVES OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND KEEP YOURSELF SAFE AND HEALTHY AND ABLE TO ENJOY TIME WITH LOVED ONES.

THERE ARE OTHER VIRUSES THAT WILL BE PART OF THE LANDSCAPE THIS FALL AND WINTER.

IT IS ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT UNPREDICTABLE SO WE WILL HAVE TO SEE.

ABDALLAH: I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU EXPLAINING ALL OF THIS TO US.

DR. PIERRE: THANK YOU.

ABDALLAH: THAT IS IT FOR TONIGHT.

WE WILL BE BACK TOMORROW.

I AM ABDALLAH FAYYAD.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

GOOD NIGHT.