may allow infectious people to return to work. >> our guidance was conservative before. >> reporter: and what about those soaring hospitalizations? if omicron is supposed to be milder than delta, in most cases, then why are more than 100,000 people hospitalized with covid-19 for the first time in nearly four months? the u.s. department of health and human services, also, says about three-quarters of hospital beds across the country are full. and one in seven are for covid patients. >> when you have so many, many cases, there is still the danger that you are going to have a surging of hospitalizations that might stress the healthcare system. so it is kind of like a very interesting, somewhat complicated issue. >> reporter: complicated, for sure. and with covid confusion and the situation evolving at every turn, calculating personal risk is harder than ever. >> randi, it is really hard to keep up. but there is more changes in israel, as well. what is happening there? >> reporter: yeah, anderson.