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From this new variant -- >> there will be plenty of break through infections for sure >> reporter: -- people who are fully vaccinated and boosted testing positive >> it seems clear that this break through case in omicron are going to be very common even if you are boosted. >> thats right, break-through cases are inevitable >> reporter: that may be driving surge look at what is happening in highly vaccinated new york. the graph of positive cases is literally shooting sky ward. doctor, is there a ...

Okay? this is a graph of coronavirus cases in england. the blue line is delta. it took time to ramp up. with omicron, its taken off right away. according to the health authorities, england has 16 confirmed omicron hospitalizations and 1 death, though they warn that the real numbers are much higher than that. so thats whats happening in england. then we have how the cases have, through the numbers that you have been saying, how they have been doubling. what did you say, they double how long? >> e...

I just want to graphically i want to be able to show. question three, this is a graph of coronavirus cases in england. the blue line is delta. it took time to ramp up. with omicron its taken off right away, and according to the health authorities, england has 16 confirmed omicron hospitalizations and one death, though they warn that the real numbers are much higher than that. so thats whats happening in england. and then we have how the cases have through the numbers that you have been saying, h...

Within two weeks. in new york and new jersey, where you are, anderson, over that same two-week period, from 2% to 13%. so, thats sort of where we are. its still very much about delta. but those graphs sort of paint the picture about why omicrons a concern. >> what do you most want to know about omicron that you dont at this point? >> you know, i think that there -- theres still three main questions here. you know, we are getting -- its coming into clearer focus, but really, will this outcompete ...

Events and recommend or call for final exams online. princeton university, nyu, and middlebury college are among those making the announcement just as cornell university did yesterday. meanwhile, new data from the national institutes of health shows a third dose of modernas vaccine offers protection against omicron thats 20 times greater than the two-dose regimen. and pfizers booster shot is 75% effective against symptomatic infection. lot to discuss with our chief medical correspondent, dr. san...

Those people becoming ill, ill enough to see their doctor or go in the hospital, you are going to severely tax hospital systems all over the country at some point. >> and just very briefly, i mean, someone whos already had two vaccines and thinks getting boosted is just, like, icing on the cake. its -- i mean, is that true? or this really -- it is necessary? i mean, i have been boosted. its necessary, isnt it? >> i have been boosted, as well. well, lets just put up that graph, again. i can just ...

Theyre going to be a lot of cases in the united states. i think the current number, while you said its 3% nationwide, i think in certain areas such as new york, its estimated to be about 13%. and its doubling every two days. so there are going to be a lot of omicron cases, but with vaccines and boosts, more of those cases will be mild. so extrapolate from that graph to omicron, yes, we have to be prepared over the next six weeks for a lot of omicron cases. strategy, vaccines, boosts, take care, ...

Graph that were talking about, if you start to extrapolate that and, say, okay, omicron is so contagious that its -- everyone is going to be touched by this at some point. if youre vaccinate and boosted, the likelihood youre going to have significant symptoms is much lower. but the idea that you have such a significant percentage of vulnerable people in the country still, even with milder illness. if you get 0.5% or 1% even of those people becoming ill, ill enough to see their doctor or go in th...

Beginning of our covid town halls. where do you think we are now in the course of this pandemic? >> well, we are still very much in the middle of a -- of a delta surge here and anderson, we knew as we were going into the cooler, drier months, the spread, the numbers were going to increase, always. it was just a question of how much. let me show you this graph we put together, sort of give you an idea. this is looking at england looking at omicron and delta. what were seeing here is sort of how t...

>> you know, i think that there -- theres still three main questions here. you know, we -- we are getting -- its coming into clearer focus. but really, will this outcompete delta? i just showed you the graph that shows how much faster it potentially is growing at least at the start. the severity of this -- you know, how severe is it? this is still an open question. if you look at south africa, for example, you find that the risk of hospitalization was about 29% lower than with previous strains s...