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Marshal all the supplies we have of the one last monoclonal antibody, and they have worked on the supply of it, and they have had interesting decisions to make with the very limited amount we have. on top of the monoclonal antibodies, yesterday and today, the fda approved antiviral pills that you can take home. the one from pfizer that was approved yesterday appears to be more effective and potentially have fewer side effects and safety occurrence and things to worry about than the one approved ...

Because this administration is failing the american people. >> raymond: yeah. horace, i need to shift to congress. here are all the members of congress who have tested positive for covid over the last week alone. what do all of them have in common? they are all fully vaccinated, some are even boosted. horace, what does that microcosm of congress tell us about the effectiveness of the biden vaccine mandates outside of congress? >> welcome congress, you know, has set up some of the most restrictiv...

Leap forward. and all this interesting stuff to think about and potentially change up, around all the drugs that are available right now to fight this thing. this has been a huge week in terms of case numbers. through the roof. also a huge week in terms of how we fight covid. start with the vaccines. we know now that omicron has been here long enough, we know there is still effectiveness from our vaccines against the omicron variant. but it is reduced effectiveness, so you need to get your boost...

Administration is planning to let people know more? especially if millions of americans are going to get infected with this omicron variant, it seems to me like upping peoples consciousness about treatment options is going to make a big difference in terms of whether or not people actually access treatment that might save their lives. >> absolutely. not only just patients, it is also doctors. you have to understand, these drugs and now that we have five outpatient therapies that work against omi...

Americans will be affected by this. it seems like up in peoples consciousness about treatment options is going to make a big difference, in terms of people accessing treatments are safe there. lives >> absolutely. its not only just patients, is also doctors. these drugs, now that we have five therapies that work against omicron, they vary in effectiveness, they vary in the risks, as you mentioned they vary in their abilities. were going to have to educate physicians, and we are doing that were g...

Dr. fauci saying hes not convinced well need one. are you? >> we dont know yet. one other bit of news that we got yesterday out of the uk was some slightly concerning data suggesting that the booster dose in the face of omicron, the effectiveness might begin to wane as early as 10 to 12 weeks after that booster dose. now, thats a very early study with a small amount of data. so i wouldnt put too much stock into that. i think we all hope that that booster dose would really provide more durable im...

Make the difference, these white house staffers can be mad and upset but it is because this administration is feeling the american people. >> all the members of congress who have tested positive for covid over the last week alone. what do all of them have in common? they are all fully vaccinated, some are even boost. what does that microcosm of congress tell us about the effectiveness of the biden vaccine mandates outside of congress? >> congress has set up the most restrictive policies possible...

Illness from the omicron variant. particularly for those who are boosted. and secondly, the white house saying that these restrictions are really most effective very early on when a variant is spreading. now that omicron is very widespread in the united states, the dominant variant according to dr. fauci, theres less effectiveness at actually keeping those restrictions in place. so on december 31st, at 12:01:00 a.m., that restriction will go away. people from those eight southern african countri...

These things, that drugmaker talking about -- that pfizer drug. i feel incredibly bullish on the prospects for that drug, just because its clinical trials data was so impressive. the unanimous recommendation from vaccine advisory group, that it should be approved. the fact that it is easy to administer. three pills twice a day, five days, youre don. such effectiveness. three days after symptomss, may be hard to do, but still show some effectiveness. people get to five days after symptoms. theres...

For us, effectiveness of rule of law. the other pressing thing is not only have the numbers of democracies declined slightly, but in 45 countries, the quality of democracy has diminished. i think it is very much related to some of the topics weve been touching on. henrys account of the struggles ofjoe biden. the us has been the pillar of this sense of global democracy. upholding democracy as the best form of government. whats happening at the moment is partly is very strong challenge from china,...