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We dont know much about transmissibility but i think looking at the mutational formation we think it may be more transmissible than even delta. in terms of clinical problems, we have no evidence that this is a more severe virus than lets say delta, alpha, or even beta. that bears repeating. although hospital admissions are rising sharply here, it wont be at all clear at least for another week or two whether the omicron variant is more severe, more dangerous. in the meantime, above all in rural s...

Or two, but we have plenty of supply. get boosted. and if you have children or hesitancy or concerns, talk about getting your children vaccinated. and that thing we do know thats becoming a bit more of an interesting data point that we knew also from delta, though, andrea, was that natural infection or natural immunity, which i think has become a bit of a political cudgel, natural immunity, it looks like even with omicron is not enough to protect you. so thats all very preliminary. it reinforces...

Is a more severe virus than lets say delta, alpha, or even beta. that bears repeating. although hospital admissions are rising sharply here, it wont be at all clear at least for another week or two whether the omicron variant is more severe, more dangerous. in the meantime, above all in rural south africa, another problem lurks — vaccine hesitancy. this builder tells a visiting health worker that he wont get a jab even with the new wave of infections. do you find it frustrating, people saying ...

Nervous. they want to get their shots. we are seeing that. you can see the graph there. the uptick in overall vaccines. there are more tests. still not nearly enough, i think, but maybe those numbers will go up. but the thing about boosters, the sentiment about boosters is most encouraging. if you look at this graph, about 18% of people who say probably will not or definitely will not get a booster. but that means about 82% say that they will or they probably will. so those are good numbers. its...

Laura: you are not excused. on the covid front of the constituency the white house is really trying to serve as the press corps. from day one of the pandemic the press is urgent lockdowns, school closures, mask mandate, any and all restrictions on our freedom and now even as most americans have moved on from covid they are still pushing biden for more isolation of the unvaccinated. >> why not go further in the direction of mandates given potential -- >> nothing is off the table, including domest...

I think the epidemiological evidence is that we think youre more likely to get reinfected if youve had covid before, so that is because of the mutations on the spike protein. we dont know much about transmissibility but i think looking at the mutational formation we think it may be more transmissible than even delta. in terms of clinical problems, we have no evidence that this is a more severe virus than lets say delta, alpha, or even beta. that bears repeating. although hospital admissions are ...

We dont know much about transmissibility but i think looking at the mutational formation we think it may be more transmissible than even delta. in terms of clinical problems, we have no evidence that this is a more severe virus than lets say delta, alpha, or even beta. that bears repeating. although hospital admissions are rising sharply here, it wont be at all clear at least for another week or two whether the omicron variant is more severe, more dangerous. in the meantime, above all in rural s...

Make people understand how serious this is, because we have been saying and youve been saying that we need to vaccinate the whole world so that we dont give the virus a chance to turn itself into a more effective version. >> the president of the united states also just said that, i think the way he put it is that south africa has all the vaccines that they need. the ceo of moderna actually told the "financial times" that they have a sur pplus of doses earmarked for south africa sitting in wareho...

Of course on the covid front the constituency of the white house is really trying to serve as the press corps. from day one of the pandemic, the press has urged lockdown, school closures, mask mandates, any and all restrictions on our freedom. and now even as most americans have moved on from covid they are still pushing biden for more isolation of the unvaccinated. >> why not go further in the direction of mandates, given the potential risk? >> i would say that nothing is off the table, includi...

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