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Any other country on that front. but if we want to live with it, listening to dr. fauci, hes just telling history. we were able to live with polio and smallpox. people went out, and they got vaccinated. you know, i agree, we need to do everything we can do to have a return to normalcy. hopefully omicron breaks soon. i think it is breaking soon, and we can move that direction. but, elise jordan, i dont really exactly know how to respond to some of my friends when they write me emails and are angr...

This variant, but we knew something could likely come. how would you assess the administrations response? >> thats right. first, its always good to be with you and always challenging to be talking about yet another winter surge. millions of families out there are frustrated were back here. the reality is that what theyre saying is the result of not having kept ahead of where we were. the thing that public health is about is about prevention. its about keeping us from getting into circumstances. ...

Given covid was getting better and you had this huge, you know, artificial boost from stimulus. >> yeah, you ask all the right questions. you look at gdp in normal times, gross domestic product would be the best estimate of the economy. but in this case, were not in normal times and with this virus, it just changes the economy from month to month. and especially since this gdp is looking back from july through september, so much has changed since then. if we walk down memory lane and think about...

2.3% rate for the third quarter, it is a deceleration from what we saw because all that stimulus was gone. i think the best way to figure out how the economy really is doing is to take a forward approach, not a backward approach. even thats difficult and you alluded to that with the omicron variant. we dont know how much this variant is going to impact consumer spending and economic growth. throw in the questionable fate of build back better, which taking it out of the economy is already pushing...

In the fight against the new strain of the coronavirus, called omicron. the white house covid response team confirmed still no con frmed cases here in the u.s., at least for now, but theyre actively looking for it, they say. as pharmaceutical companies scramble to try to get one step ahead of this variant. dr. fauci says at least 226 cases have been confirmed in at least 20 countries. you see all of them here on your screen. i want to bring in our nbc news team following all of this, gabe gutier...

Tonight at 10: a booster vaccination for every adult in the uk to try to prevent a new wave of covid infections. the extra measures were announced today because of the rise of the new variant of coronavirus, called omicron. advisers to ministers also recommend that 12—to—15—year—olds should be invited for a second dose of the pfizer vaccine. our experience of fighting this virus has shown us its best to act decisively and swiftly when we see a potential threat, which is why were building...

It yet, but when you have a virus that is showing this degree of transmissibility, it almost invariably will ultimately go essentially all over. >> reporter: scientists are scrambling to study omicron. early indications are it is highly contagious because of it many mutations. >> this is a real reminder for us all that the pandemic is far from over >> reporter: gabe joins us live from jfk in new york. gabe, will the new travel restrictions apply to american citizens? >> reporter: no. restriction...

To try to see if there were any flights leaving, now were in a new boat and hoping to get out by christmas. >> reporter: germany and italy announce their first omicron cases following belgium. more countries clamping down on travel from southern africa 61 people flying from the region to the netherlands tested positive for covid authorities are no checking how many are infected with the new variant. >> were going to take every precaution thats why weve taken the measures we have. >> reporter: th...

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>> do we know if the vaccines, the ones that are, for example, ones we think of in the united states, are they effective >> i think thats a question tha we will hopefully have information on in the next couple of weeks >> one thing i will say that might set peoples minds at ease is that to date no variant has been able to completely evade immune memory from vaccines. >> if not, the vaccine makers are saying theyre working toward an omicron specific vaccine. on monday, the u.s. will join other co...