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Testing science has been pushed to the brink with lines going around the block and testing times taking weeks. senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts and cory booker of new jersey both announced yesterday they tested positive with breakthrough cases. both are vaccinated and boosted and say they have mild symptoms. chief medical adviser to the president, dr. anthony fauci predicts that things will get much worse before they get any better. >> where is the pandemic headed right now? do you expe...

Announcing her positive diagnosis earlier today as well. both say that their symptoms are thankfully mild. more on the omicron surge and these breakthrough cases ahead. want your clothes to smell freshly washed all day without heavy perfumes? now they can! with downy light in-wash freshness boosters. just pour a capful of beads into your washing machine before each load. to give your laundry a light scent that lasts longer than detergent alone, with no heavy perfumes or dyes. finally, a light sc...

Again, we expect there to be breakthrough cases across the country, right? and certainly in the federal government. and the most important thing to note for you and for others is that the 99% or more at this point of the white house staff is vaccinated, boosters are strongly recommended and distributed. we have a very thorough process here that people abide by who are going to have close contact with the president and even beyond that, and those protocols go above and beyond cdc guidelines. >> y...

So get a booster if youre more than six months out from your second shot, even if it doesnt boost as much as we would like, it still boosts antibodies higher than if you didnt have a booster. so get vaccinated, thats the most important thing, get those first two shots, and certainly get a booster when it comes your time. jim? >> consistent advice from the doctors on those vaccines and boosters. elizabeth cohen, jason carroll, thanks to both of you. to dig deeper, dr. mathu, primary care physic...

Week, 69 americans are hospitalizes and 20% of our hospital beds are being utilized for covid patients, so its really concerning. my concern is that the health care system is really going to be under intense and really possibly unbearable pressure in the next few weeks. the bottom line is that those people who are hospitalized are nearly all unboosted individuals, so i just have to urge everybody who is unvaccinated and unboosted to go out and get their vaccinations because that is the way that ...

Omicron. it really needs to get boosted. >> im curious. is there a lot to learn from all the professional sports leagues about two issues, one, the issue of boosters, and, two, the issue of the j&j vaccine? because i know now were not really recommending it. it seems the j&j vaccine was very popular with athletes. i know they get tested more than most of the rest of the population. is that why its been so many breakthrough cases? >> you know, that is possible. there is no doubt now as we get mor...

People in michigan would take a child tax credit meant to support their children and use it to pay the bills and improve their quality of life. you know, we have a lot of tax credits for big corporations and wealthy people and i dont see people questioning how theyre using those and this is the first time we as democrats have passed the largest tax credit for families with children ever in our country, and i think its about time we put families first. >> and very briefly weve heard now that sena...

>> we always feel we should be doing more, and thats what the president will talk about tomorrow. >> just some housekeeping items. given the surge and the spike from the variant, how often is the president being tested for covid and when was he last tested? >> he is regularly tested. i will check for you the last time he was tested. >> on campus right now, but on changing to accommodate -- for instance you talk about breakthrough cases. thats something you would expect would be fully vaccinated ...

Week, but this is very fast. >> yeah, good evening, david. thanks for having me back. its very, very fast. i think its caught a lot of health officials offguard, just how quickly its become dominant. we expected it by the end of december. to get there before christmas is a little bit of a surprise, but it is a very contagious variant. >> doctor, were hearing a lot of breakthrough cases, even those who have been vaccinated, two shots, and boosted. so far. and you heard matt say this moments ago, ...

Compared to its two dose regiment. and fresh evidence of covid starling impact on the unvaccinated. a massachusetts health department reports those who have not received a vaccine dose are 31 times more to test positive than those vaccinated with a booster. despite reports of breakthrough cases, the c.d.c. says nationwide those who are unvaccinated are 20 times more likely to die from covid than those boosted. in texas officials announce the first known covid des related to omicron. at houston m...