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Um, and we need to not just be reactive, right? active-shooter drills, checking backpacks, calling the police. all of those things are reactive measures. we need to be proactive and when we look at the data, we know what works. secure gun storage. something called a red-flag law, which is now the law in 19 states which allows family or police to petition a judge for a temporary restraining order to remove guns when someone is danger to themselves or others. and we need to look at the warning sig...

It's the biggest number of new cases on a single-day report since mid-January.

These are breakthrough cases. what does that say when you throw all of this into the pot of what public policy should be going forward to addresses be 25? >> european health officials are reporting cases outside of south africa. of those cases, 50% of an asymptomatic and 50% have been mild. theres no evidence that its been more severe and weve not seen omicron cases result in debts. the doctors in south africa have said that theres no need to panic and thats i would like to hear from our public ...

Going to be dealing with. i hesitate to ask this. the plural of data, of an anecdote is not data, right? were mostly dealing with anecdotes at this point. but as we look at omicron, the variants have been less verilant. the idea that it might spread more but wont make you sick. the case that is coming out, what does that signal in terms of how we change our fight against this virus? >> i think first of all you have to remember that people who have travelled, who are largely fully vaccinated, and...

Depending on the age that you are. and when you hit different age thresholds, its time to get another shot. so you were fully vaccinated, and then after six months, maybe getting a booster means, you know, that booster means you are fully vaccinated. thats information that well learn more over time. clearly, these vaccines continue to provide protection against hospitalization and death for otherwise healthy adults past six months. but as we are seeing more breakthrough cases, those cases are a ...

Relatively relevanto well positioned to respond to the new variant. >> quite a few people are hitting their six-month- already hit the six-month anniversary from the second dose, dr. colfax. >> yeah. >> have you seen increased amount of two-dose vaccinated people getting breakthrough cases as they get to this six-month mark? is that anything thats quantify bling yet. >> weve been aggressive in getting boosters into people most vulnerable. we havent seen a significant trend in that. again, we mov...

So we are going to see some breakthrough cases. we dont know a lot about the behavior of omicron, will it be more contagious? it might well be. will it be more deadly? we dont know yet. will it be resistant to the vaccines that are out there. they might be. that we will know some the next ten days or so when the laboratory tests are concluded. unfortunately, you know, those who are wishing, myself included, for a soon ending to this catastrophic pandemic -- i am afraid we are just going to have ...

To provide protection against hospitalization and death for otherwise healthy adults past six months. but as we are seeing more breakthrough cases, those cases are -- are a part of why were seeing continued transmission in communities. and so, it is important for adults to -- to get their questions answered and consider getting those boosters. >> sanjay, the -- the guardian newspaper is reporting that former-trump white house chief of staff mark meadows says in an unreleased book that the former...

Another 6,164 Hoosiers were diagnosed with COVID-19 on Tuesday, up 113% from 2,898 confirmed daily infections three weeks ago.

The state is seeing an increase in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19, as well as an increase in hospitalizations