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Big delta wave. its not like it went down and now its going up like here in the united states. so a lot of the people who got omicron were actually omicron reinfections upon delta. that may have mitigated the severity of some of the illness and gave the impression that its less severe. ive not seen data among those who have not been vaccinated nor infected and recovered. i think theres a good possibility omicron could be just as bad an actor as delta or any of the other variants, which again is ...

Downplaying what were seeing in many hospitals around the country, but schools are largely staying open now, right? even in the midst of this tremendous surge, do you think some things are happening right in terms of the way were responding overall to this latest challenge? >> yes, i do think that schools remaining open is really important. we saw that we can do this, even with the delta wave that was so overwhelming and that was before pediatric vaccinations came on line, 99% of schools were ab...

Enough tests available, enough monoclonals available, and enough antivirals available when we know that they work? how is that even possible? >> well, i think with the monoclonals, that is absolutely leading to people dying because we saw when we put in our sites this summer in florida to deal with the delta wave, we kept tens of thousands of people out of the hospital. we save thousands of lives by providing that treatment, so that should have been replicated in all these other states, but inst...

The spread of this, to reduce the rate of these high cases will take some pressure off the health care system and not just make room for taking care of people with covid, but ensure if youre somebody having a heart attack or you need cancer treatment or diabetes or kidney disease that there will be room there to take care of you. right now, that is in jeopardy in many places around the country. >> yeah, because there is a spike in hospitalizations in new york and the governor says they have a sp...

We didnt have a shortage of. but you decided to spend your own floridian money and buy it yourself.gh how do you explain not having enough tests available, enough monoclonals available, and enough antivirals available when we know that they work? how is that even possible? >> well, i think with the monoclonals, that is absolutely leading to people dying because we saw when we put in our sites this summer in florida to deal with the delta wave, we kept tens of thousands of people out of the hospi...

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Falling rapidly. a top expert says the country has passed the peak of the omicron outbreak. david mackenzie has more. >> reporter: dispatched south of johannesburg, this paramedic says omicron is nothing like delta. >> even then, it was only covid, covid, covid, covid, covid, and nothing else. >> reporter: we were with them during the chaos when the delta wave of covid-19 ripped through south africa. severe patients crashed quickly. the team spent hoiurs looking fr hospital beds. charities looke...

>> yeah. that point is a key one because first of all, theres also -- theres a lot of delta in the country and theres a lot of hospitals -- theres a lot of hospitalization in the country from that delta wave that never sort of subsided, right? we had sort of one and then it was moving northeast. but also youve got these staffing issues. i have already started to hear in new york city like youve got a lot of staff in new york city hospitals that are testing positive. so you have staff constraints...

Florida. when i spoke to the operator, he told me in all of their sites across florida, they have seen about a 50% increase in the demand for testing compared to what they saw at the peak of that delta wave. that gives you an idea of the unprecedented demand they are dealing with here in south florida when it comes to testing after the holidays. i should namention the county i distributing free home test kits. they are quick to say while supplies last. >> it is amazing to be so far into the pand...

Have high hopes if i were them. >> and is there any sense, jeff, on how quickly a ruling might come? >> well, you no he, one of the more remarkable things with samuel alito, who was very hostile to the biden administration, said well you know, some of this starts -- some of the requirements start on monday. shouldnt we issue an order today? and the supreme court almost never does something the day of an argument and it looks like they are not going to do something today but that was just indicat...