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With cases. what i want to ask you about is when the -- it is spreading through wildfire through cities like new york and d.c. right now, places that are comparatively highly vaccinated with many cases mask mandates. as it gets to places like texas, where mask mandates are not allowed, places that dont have as high rates of vaccinations, is this going to become a much more serious disease in your estimation? >> well, first of all, we are clearly in a national viral blizzard right now. actually i...

Public about his opposition to being vaccinated. on the issue of mr djokovic, rules are rules. and there are no special cases. rules are rules, its what i said to you yesterday, thats the policy of the government and has been our governments strong border protection policies and particularly in relation to the pandemic. scott morrisons government has been under immense pressure over its handling of the pandemic, amid rocketing case numbers and chaos at testing clinics. all of this is happening w...

The prime minister, scott morrison, said the decision followed careful consideration. mr morrisons government has faced heavy criticism for allowing the unvaccinated player into australia in the first place, while the country struggled with a spike in covid—19 case numbers. i think it was a mess up that they did, but now i think they have corrected the way. its unfortunate that novak wont be playing the tournament, its a pretty big loss. yeah, i think if everyone else has to follow the rules, ...

Not just how many people will be infected. its apparently mammoth numbers. a large portion of those infections being ones in which people dont get too terribly sick. the real consequence, hes saying, the real question of consequence is whether our health care system can hold, especially after two years of being bludgeoned by this virus. thats why the nations top infectious disease doctor is telling us, right now in particular, to watch the hospitalization rates, not just the case numbers. and wh...

Continues. new years celebrations are being scaled back or canceled altogether, and businesses are closing because workers are forced to quarantine. all this as we see an increase in hospitalizations in children just days before schools reopen for the holiday break. >> gillian: fox team coverage, dr. marc siegel joins us in a moment. >> mike: but we begin with steve harrigan in atlanta, home of the cdc. steve? >> mike, more of these covid records are being set, but yesterday almost half a millio...

Say compared to what he will likely say? >> he needs to say that hes to top of this. he needs to say that he knows whats happening. and frankly, what is happening behind the scenes here. we know that there are so many things that affect a presidents approval ratings, and a presidents political capital. and sometimes they are totally outside the presidents control. think about the economy. think about a raging pandemic. so he certainly cant say, look, this isnt my fault. he has to say, im in cont...

Home more than normal, reduce contact with people outside our own households and to limit the size of any indoor social gatherings that do take place so that they dont include people from any more than three households. also try to ventilate indoor spaces as much as possible and it remains our strong advice that lateral flow tests should be taken just before meeting up should be taken just before meeting up with anyone from another household. if that shows a positive result it is vital to immedi...

Leftists at a newspaper that nobody reads anymore. it is a shame the decline of the salt lake tribune. thats a radical position that should be summarily dismissed immediately. it will never happen in utah and thank goodness. it is a terrible idea. advocate for the vaccine and the booster. i have taken the vaccine and the booster. tell us the positive things. dont essentially incarcerate people or quarantine them by force in their own homes. that is ridiculous. >> bill: well put you down as a no....

Going to medical school and practiced at this profession for so long, to have someone come in telling him they read something on the internet that could help them. its baffling. lets talk about whats going on on the ground right now. hospitalizations of covid-19 up 35% from last week. thats not as high as the cases from omicron, but its still taxing, i would think. whats it like in hospitals in michigan, and what are your biggest concerns and challenges right now? >> i tell you, we are still dee...

A good thing. they should be considered sort of the end game of the pandemic when it becomes just endemic, basically a head cold. but the powers that be of course, they dont want that because for them it is all about control and they cant use it to control us anymore if it is this mild situation. >> jesse: well, you and scientists and everybody seems to be following the science except the politicians, shouldnt surprise anybody. matt walsh, thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >> jesse: when the p...