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And mixing probably will come about, because the problem, really, is how high this peak will go. if it goes very high, then the health service will substantially come under pressure. and also, if it carries on going at the rate it is, many people who have been working in other industries — in shops, in food outlets, in delivery, all that sort of thing — many of them will be having to self—isolate because they have been positive. they say delaying until next year would greatly reduce the ef...

Need time to see how effective plan b is in england and also the effectiveness of the booster campaign. they are watching and waiting, but some growing calls now for more action to be taken. thank ou, for more action to be taken. thank you. simon- _ the number of shoppers in london and other large city centres yesterday fell by between 8% and 15% compared with last weekend. retailers had been hoping for an increase in footfall and sales on the final saturday trading before christmas. our busines...

Advisers suggest without tougher rules we could see 2000 hospital admissions every day in england in a fortnight. the admissions every day in england in a fortniuht. ., ., ., , fortnight. the move towards some sorts of further _ fortnight. the move towards some sorts of further restrictions - fortnight. the move towards some sorts of further restrictions on - sorts of further restrictions on movement and mixing probably will come about because the problem, really, is how high this peak will go. ...

Especially looking at pfizer, effectiveness against omicron at about 30%. boosted that person, the effectiveness went up 75% at least. thats preliminary data. very clear data that, again, the vaccines work. its just that we need to boost them so that we have more of it onboard to protect ourselves. >> reporter: hospitalizations are going up across the country. across the state of california. theyre up in the neighborhood of 16%, but in some parts of the state doubled in the last month. reminder,...

Lets speak now with dr simon williams, a behavioural scientist at swansea university. i dont know if you follow that last segment but we were just given an idea of the situation in hammersmith and fulham by the doctor, describing and fulham by the doctor, describing a fairly low uptake of the vaccine in bicester up until now, a bit of research now, but in terms of behaviours, lets go back to why there is this hesitancy about vaccines. you get onto behaviours any moment. i vaccines. you get onto ...

As of Thursday night, 3,783 individuals in Illinois were reported to be in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those, 787 patients were in the ICU and 353 patients with COVID-19

Clots? this is part of the problem. the changing guidance. what do you make of this now? >> as time passes we gather more data to make decisions based on the information we have. the cdc is now recommending pfizer and moderna over johnson & johnson. number 1 the rare side effect of blood clots. we have 54 cases out of 16 million. 7 women died and 2 men died because of this rare side effect. also we have clear, concrete data shows moderna and pfizer are more effective. it makes sense to start off...

States. those five answers will make you shake your head. ron johnson has accolades everywhere. >> still ahead on "morning joe" now, with coronavirus cases on the rise across the country, there is a new warning about johnson & johnsons covid vaccines. millions of americans are traveling for the holiday. its so packed. you got two major airline executives who are questioning the effectiveness of mask mandates on planes. i cant wait to hear about that. >> and a new search warrant issued for alec b...

I wish i had better news for you. >> i wont hold it again you, doc if youre somebody who god your second shot recently, how soon can you go get a third? can they do it whenever? >> if youve an mrna vaccine, you have to wait six months. >> thats a moderna and pfizer. right. for j&j you can get boosted after two months. i also want to point out the two doses still are protective against the severe outcomes of covid. even though the effectiveness that is drop with omicron, its about 70% effective.

Concerned about major disruptions at hospitals and schools due to omicron. and today they outlined a plan to prevent what we saw last year, like you mentioned, which is most children learning virtually. we now as of this morning have new data and updated cdc guidance showing the effectiveness of an approach called test to stay, which involves frequent rapid testing of students at least two times per week and robust contact tracing. here is the cdc director from earlier today. >> and that testing...