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Those who are up to date with their vaccination, meaning those who are boosted when theyre eligible. >> reporter: but less than half of americans who are eligible have gotten their booster. the cdc says older people benefit the most from that extra shot. those 65 and older who were fully vaccinated and boosted were 90 times less likely to die than the unvaccinated in that age group. and tonight british scientists are investigating a subvariant of omicron called ba.2. its been detected in 40 coun...

Baylor college of medicine, dr. hotez, always a pleasure. since 2020, europe has provided something of an early insight, a road map, if you will, into how the pandemic might play out here in the u.s. so will we also experience some kind of covid reprieve sometime soon? >> theres a real possibility, alex. heres how it might go forward. right now we are seeing a steep decline in omicron in most of the united states, and its going to down almost as fast as its gone up. thats potentially very good n...

We are now learning more about the newest coronavirus mutation. its a version of omicron. called b a 2. and first identified in early december. its already in infected people in at least 49 countries. including the u.s. early data suggests people who are previously tested positive for the omicron variant should likely be protected. against the new version. heres what the former commissioner of the fda said. >> it appears to be more contagious. data suggests its 1.5 times more contagious than omi...

Plan for going back to life without covid causing major disruptions but saying that we are not there, yet. what measure would you be looking for that weve entered endemic phase, rather than being in a pandemic? >> well, i think the first thing we want to see is this omicron wave, don, go way down to the point where it was before it started. um, as the delta wave had really descended in the south. so, you know, were -- were only about halfway down, and its unclear whether itll get stuck there for...

Moment to drop the mandates in schools and businesses. what say you? >> well, here is why there is confusion, because the next two weeks will telling us what the 2r5 trajectory of covid-19 will hook like in america. there are two paths that i see .best case scenario is the numbers are declining pretty steeply as pointed out, 60% decline over the last two weeks, it is decelerating fast and going down as fast as it went up, and that is really good news. and in two weeks, if that continues, well bo...

Ready to stand and fight. putin says he doesnt plan to invade. the general says its a lie, that putin has had plans to seize ukraine by force for years. david, president biden speaking to president zelensky of ukraine tonight, reaffirming americas support, willingness to respond to decisively if russia invades ukraine. although we do knowhe ave very views on how likely that is and i have to say, tonight, after a long few weeks of diplomacy, theres no sign this crisis is easing. david? >> ian pan...

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Have yet to offer a clear plan. they say schools should still to cdc guidelines and keep masks on. >> always great to see you. isnt it like a metric. each state setting up a metric of its own when you get below this particular positivity rate in the community or this particular hospitalization rate in a community then you can take off the masks. am i over simplifying how they should do it? >> its a little more complicated than that. its called ba.2. this is the sub variant thats more transmissab...

Looking for that weve entered endemic phase, rather than being in a pandemic? >> well, i think the first thing we want to see is this omicron wave, don, go way down to the point where it was before it started. um, as the delta wave had really descended in the south. so, you know, were -- were only about halfway down, and its unclear whether itll get stuck there for a while just like it did in the uk. so, the first thing that has to happen is the omicron wave has to really descend down to the bot...

Were not done and more work to do. >> let me jump in here because youre talking about omicron but were monitoring the subvariant, ba.2, which may cause more severe disease. how do you plan on handling future variants should they pop up? what are you going to do? >> well, well make decisions based on science and health. well use the same value systems and scientific systems and well monitor it every day to stay on top of it. it was kind of 20 minutes after we announced this today, i walked in and...