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Necessarily a bottom up thing. i think we all know thats a topdown narrative that has now been per petuated politically fr a while. >> raising the threat level to red, what does that mean? >> it is signaling to the community where we are, and we have certain thresholds. and so, you know, we have been hit with this omicron wave, just as every other community in our nation. but until very recently we only saw that reflected, you know, mostly in the case counts, which, of course, impact our economy...

Airport. covid causing a travel nightmare across the country. airlines struggle to find crews to staff flights. im john roberts in washington. sandra, happy new year to you. >> happy new year to you, too, john. the travel challenges are what everyone is talking about today. omicron variant pushing to levels not seen in this pandemic, nearly 500,000 cases reported in a single day shattering the previous daily high set two days beforehand. throw in a winter storm with exploding case counts, all th...

Bmi, was prediabetic. get seriously ill. this is amazing stuff and its unprecedented. >> laura: next she fessed up with what is happening in our hospitals. >> it seems to make a big difference is the person in the hospital is in the hospital for covid-19, or with covid-19. do we have that split on numbers? >> it differs by each variant. in some hospitals that we have talked to over 40% of the patients who are coming in with covid are coming and not because they are sick with covid. [laughs] >> l...

If youre vaccinated and boosted, the chances of you getting sick are very, very low. >> lets get more on the white house message from our chief correspondent, phil mattingly. phil? >> reporter: this is the reality. theyre looking at the case counts. theyre watching the surge. there is no question about it. a purely preventative posture, a just get vaccinated and everything will be fine posture isnt enough anymore. make no mistake about it, vaccinations and boosters are still the primary componen...

Today there is a lot less deep red. most of the northeast looking better. >> im very encouraged that case counts are dropping now in this area unmistakably. >> averaging nearly 800,000 new infections every day. new york citys new mayor determined to keep schools in person is now open to other options. >> if were able to put in place a temporary remote option, were welcome to do so. >> >> reporter: and were waiting to here how the biden administration will get good masks out there and waiting for...

Im sure many of the audience are wondering how long will we continue to need boosters for as we emerge out of the pandemic into what some countries are calling an endemic. look, i think the data says that we will be able to get out of the pandemic into the endemic phase. when that happens, im not sure. we still see staggering caseloads of omicron here in the united states, europe, around the world. death rates remain very high. hospital hospitalisation rates are at an all—time high today. i th...

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Hospitalisation rates again here in the united states are really at an all—time high today. but i think we can get through this. spring will come, we should get a period of stability as case counts go down, but i think we are going to need a regular yearly booster that will keep people protected as they prepare for winter, and thats what were planning to do and what we are aiming to do with the study that weve launched now. social distancing rules and the rule of six in pubs and restaurants ar...

Guard members have been deployed. in all but one state. health care systems in many areas face critical staffing shortages amid the surge. joining us to discuss, dr. jonathan rider. good to have you back. i also do my best to be a glass half full guy. when you look at the data in a police like d.c. and new york, where omicron hit first, the surge is already tailing off. its coming down and burning fast like we saw in other places like south africa. as you look at the data in your view, has the s...

Get through this. spring will come, we should get a period of stability as case counts go down, but i think we are going to need a regular yearly booster that will keep people protected as they prepare for winter, and thats what were planning to do and what we are aiming to do with the study that weve launched now. north koreas state media says its conducted two more missile tests this week — among them a long—range cruise missile. the report comes just a day after south korea said it detect...