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30% have received one. according to the cdc data, overall, only one in six americans have received a booster shot. joining us is rick bright at the rockefeller foundation. importantly, sherved on the department of health and human service under donald trump. rick, good to see you again. thank you for being with us. you tweeted something i found interesting yesterday. you said the state of testing in america, 2021, where did all the money and effort go? wheres the national testing plan? whos lead...

Now, in terms of its severity, health officials say its too early to tell if omicron causes more severe illness than other variants, but evidence to date suggests that cases are actually less severe. the cdc conducted a study of 43 people infected with the omicron virus, three quarters of whom were vaccinated. only one person in the entire group was hospitalized. thus far, seven people have died from omicron, all in the united kingdom. so thats what we know about that. lets talk about vaccines. ...

Maybe you can explain why that is. but it does not seem to result in as serious illness or death, particularly amongst the vaccinated. but you can still spread this. you can still carry this virus if youre vaccinated, and you can still end up infecting someone who is vulnerable, immunocompromised, or for whatever reason, not vaccinated, and that could result in their death. >> ali, thats exactly right. were going to see more cases of omicron, the omicron variant infection than we have with any o...

Was happening was as bad as they were saying it was. the real question here is, first of all, were similar texts sent to donald trump and ignored, necessitate going to mark meadows. my son is only 4 years old, but by the time hes an adult, he can say it to me and not a staffer that works for me. one of those texts was from donald trump jr. why were they reaching out to mark meadows and not donald trump? because he was explicitly ignoring them and saying he was not going to do them? what was that...

Have to do much to protect yourself or your family. you have to do something every day. i get tested almost every day. anytime i go to a essential setting or visit family members, i get tested. i wear my n-95 mask every time i step outside my front door and im around strangers, even on the street or in crowded places. its really important that we do this. because omicron, delta, or any other name you want to call this virus is a deadly virus. while you might be protected because youre vaccinated...

From covid right now. the country averaged 1296 new doeftsd. thats not a big jump in what weve seen in the past two weeks, but it is a rise. certainly in the deaths. pushing medical centers to the brink. we should note most of the severely ill patients are unvaccinated. delta remains the dominant strain of covid in the united states, but experts predict that omicron could take over delta in a matter of weeks. with that in mind, lets dig into what we know about omicron. for starters, we know its ...

Covid. maybe its omicron, but a lot more people are getting tested. a lot more people are testing positive. what is it that you think the president might be telling the nation on tuesday? >> my expect is that hes probably going to come out with at least some incremental improvement to the way in which were able to track this thing? so since the beginning of the pandemic, we heard lots of discussion last year when donald trump was president about the ways in which the government could be doing mo...

The pfizer vaccine causes roughly 70% protection from serious illness or death. being vaccinated helps, but you should get a booster shot to give yourself even more protection. heres president bidens chief medical adviser, dr. anthony fauci. >> our booster regimens work against omicron. at this point, theres no need for a variant-specific booster. so the message remains clear. if you are unvaccinated, get vaccinated, and particularly in the arena of omicron, if you are fully vaccinated, get your...