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Make this happen. i think some ways this pandemic, endemic thing, its not really important what we call it. whats important is that we take the right steps. >> and public health officials have a definition for endemic, but people are still moving forward. i want to ask you about this omicron subvariant that people are talking about. how worried should we be about yet another variant popping up on the scene? >> i feel like just hearing that question im probably the least popular person on televis...

Weapons we have now to fight this virus. cnns senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us. now ittell us about the finding. >> even hearing you say those words in my heart im praying, please, let this -- no, let this not be true but we have to tell you what were hearing and whats being reported in studies. lets go over this as you said, cousin to the omicron variant. its, for now, being called b.a.-2. it doesnt get a greek letter yet. here are the basics. its believed to be more commun...

On abc and of course, the republican response, as well. our live coverage begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern. ell see you for that, 9:00. in the meantime, the news continues here, and we do have news on the pandemic tonight, as more states ease their covid restrictions. the cdc now estimating the omicron sub-variant, ba.2, nearly doubling every week in the u.s. slightly more transmissible, they believe, making up more than 8% of new infections. researchers dont expect another surge, but worry it may ...

Learn a lesson. this virus is relentless. there are more variants coming. so, you know, god help us. >> we seem not to learn that lesson every time because there is that wild card out there. its the omicron subvariant known as ba.2. its the dominant strain now in more than 70 countries. new research according to cnn finding it may be as capable of causing serious illness as older variants of covid-19, including delta. and like omicron, it appears to be largely escaping the immunity created by va...

>> if past is prolog, the jury is still out on the wisdom of trusting everyone to do what is sensible and responsible? >> i would agree with that point. we are really notrate ready for people to have their own rules about self-isolation. that is, not to have any. there are people who are immunocompromised out there. there are people who are at risk for various reasons. and spreading the virus with fwha any kind of reckless policies isnt going to help anything. so we have to be careful here. it i...

Covid cases may be falling near the united states, but that they are climbing once again across europe. nearly half of all european countries reported spikes in infections over the past week which could be in part because of relaxed mitigation measures and the waning protection of vaccines. meanwhile the ceo of pfizer says a fourth shot which would amount to a second booster is necessary. the company plans to submit data to a fourth shod to the fda now. with me is a senior scholar at the johns h...

Experts who are asking if statistics overseas may offer a preview of whats to come in the united states. >> throughout this pandemic, we have followed the united kingdom and western europe by about three weeks. >> dr. rheiner interprets upticks as a clear sign that the virus is coming back. >> what theyre seeing is not a resurgence. theyre seeing a second peak now of ba 2, the more transmissible variant. that is now slowly starting to rise in the united states and i expect that we will see prett...

Fourth shot gives people who already have immunity a little bit more. but it doesnt give you that much more protection against omicron or the b.a. 2 one that wereied about. this just tells me, i think, its not really a fourth shot. im starting to think of this as a seasonal shot. i mate different, the form l.a. the flu shot every year differs. but think of this as, hey, were just going to need a little bit of a boost at a regular interval. now we need to figure out who, what, when and where. how...

Ba.2 is original but not omicron. we know how contagious omicron is. this is more contagious according to british data. 23% of new infections in the last week in the u.s. were ba.2 and 14% the week before that. thats a big jump in this week. a stronger appearance in uk and then hong kong. look at the green line. hong kong has a way higher case increase. uk is also higher there in red. u.s. is in the bottom in blue. heres the issue in the u.s. when you look at senior citizens with third doses of ...

Early warning system, shows 30% of sites across the u.s. reported covid positive samples increased at least 1,000% in recent weeks. >> what we know is that waste water data tends to preced infection case identification that we tend to see, kind of when people go get tested. and we are seeing an increase in waste water data. by the way, were seeing increases of infection in europe. just a reminder, this pandemic is not over. i dont expect a major surge or a major spike out of this, but we may see...