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Heres political correspondent jonathan blake on why restrictions arent being imposed in england, yet. i think its clear, ros, that they dont have enough data to convince, perhaps, the more sceptical ministers in cabinet. and certainly, a lot of deeply sceptical conservative mps that measures are necessary 110w. there are simply too many unknowns, it seems, says the prime minister in his video statements on social media this evening around the severity of the omicron variants — how many people ...

The $1.8 trillion manchin proposal into law? >> its not clear to me that the child tax credit extension can be done by executive order. but it is something that i would encourage the administration to explore if i dont manjoe manch refuses to extending it. i cant imagine why he would do that given it benefits so many of his constituents in west virginia. i believe whether one trusts joe manchin or not. i trust joe biden, no president perhaps lyndon johnson knowsle the senate as well as joe biden...

Talking about work, according to boris johnson. tonight, the queen is among those scaling back their plans. she has cancelled her traditional christmas in sandringham — a personal decision reflecting a cautionary approach, says buckingham palace. and as borisjohnson weighs up his options, the uncertainty continues. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. as always you can get more detail about the coronavirus situation on our website. youll find lots of detail including the latest on the effective...

Jonathan blake is in westminster. what details do we have on the reasoning behind this decision by the pre—minister? i reasoning behind this decision by the pre-minister?_ the pre-minister? i think it is clear that _ the pre-minister? i think it is clear that they _ the pre-minister? i think it is clear that they dont - the pre-minister? i think it is clear that they dont have - the pre-minister? i think it is - clear that they dont have enough data to convince, perhaps, the more sceptical min...

Anybody crosschecking it. >> the government should continue to update levels of effectiveness. how do you define effectiveness to me in the midst of something con teenagous is it doesnt get you -- look, we take a flu shot every year. at least i take a flu shot every year. some people choose to some people dont. sometimes i have taken the flu shot and gotten the flu anyway. it doesnt mean i dont take the flu shot anymore. because most years its been very helpful appreciating the flu. thats what w...

Vaccines. >> mike: we are showing our viewers americans waiting in long lines in the cold to get the cover tests. obviously if you are showing up for one of those tests its because youre not feeling well. standing out in the cold for a long period of time is certainly not a great idea, and im no doctor. doctor, your experience in dealing with this new omicron variant, what are you seeing in terms of patients, how sick are they? >> fortunately, mike, since many americans have had at least one or ...

Really lock these people down. now in the last 18 months it really truly has become permanent. you see someone like governor desantis on fox business being asked by maria bartiromo if hes gotten the booster and he stam erd and stam erd and did not want to really admit that he had because it is so unpopular. and he is trying to run for president. this is now sort of a litmus test in the party that if you are a leader you can sometimes say nice things about the vaccine but you really shouldnt spen...

Help you fight omicron, or how much it would help you fight omicron. lets look at basic results. moderna is saying their current booster, which is 50 micro grams, that it boosted antibodies. they said 100 micrograms, double the dose, boosted antibodies even higher which brings into question, should they have made it 100 micro grams. but the effectiveness is unclear. just because it boosted antibodies does not necessarily mean that its going to help you in your fight against omicron. but i think ...

Absences rising from 1900 to a700 in less than a week. in many places, they are already under immense pressure and so they are starting to go off sick themselves, both with covid but also with physical and mental exhaustion so it is looking like a very bleak picture for them over the next few weeks. at the start of this year, hospitals were overwhelmed as the number of covid patients surged, now vaccines and booster seem to be keeping the number of deaths stable at least for the moment. but mode...

Delta or previous variants, so lets take a look at what moderna announced today. they said that their current booster, the one can you go out and get right now which is 50 micrograms boosted antibodies and 100 antibodies, double the dose, boosted it even further and the effectiveness against omicron sun clear. this is lab data, and its unclear what this means in the real world. how effective that will be and how long the effectiveness will last. you might see this and say why dont they do the 10...