also carolers hit the halls for fox news for a festive sing along. i love that. plus, back by popular demand is our naughty and nice list and a brand new segment we re revealing favorite childhood christmas stocking stuffers and annual secret santa gift exchange that will blow your mind. don t miss it. but first, time for a christmas edition of the fastest. first up, holiday get togethers are a prime location for asking embarrassing questions. a new survey says one in three people dread awkward conversations at family gatherings like have you put on weight? have you found a partner yet? when are you going to have a baby? why aren t you married yet? i m always asking these, jesse. glad you came dressed in holiday apparel. guess you come dressed for talk shows. i do. are you the one that asks the awkward question s? jesse: no, everyone is marry is marriedand has babies and tas politics. greg: you re a family of libs. jesse: yeah, it gets awkward. greg: people know not to ta
also carolers hit the halls for fox news for a festive sing along. i love that. plus, back by popular demand is our naughty and nice list and a brand new segment we re revealing favorite childhood christmas stocking stuffers and annual secret santa gift exchange that will blow your mind. don t miss it. but first, time for a christmas edition of the fastest. first up, holiday get togethers are a prime location for asking embarrassing questions. a new survey says one in three people dread awkward conversations at family gatherings like have you put on weight? have you found a partner yet? when are you going to have a baby? why aren t you married yet? i m always asking these, jesse. glad you came dressed in holiday apparel. guess you come dressed for talk shows. i do.
indication at this point that the virus has become more severe for young children, but what we are understanding from the medical experts is that given the amount of virus that s out there right now, given this spike in cases, as you see the case count climb, hospitalizations naturally climb. children become a part of that. children remain far less likely to become severely ill than adults. but there are cases of it. when we see a surge, you see more kids going to the hospital. we re hearing from children s hospitals all over the country that they re bracing for this to become worse and that s because of the high transmissibility of the omicron variant. that coupled with the fact that people have been traveling and doing holiday get-togethers last weekend and next weekend. so really these doctors and hospitals are preparing for the possibility that they will see cases continuing to spread among younger people. what can you do about it? how can you protect your child? we re hearing very
peole are often shedding virus even before they have symptoms and, therefore, are contagious, and people are contagious mostly for the two or three days after they start having symptoms, not so much six, seven, eight, or nine days afterwards. reporter: but there s some pushback from the association of flight attendants, which says it could create an unsafe work environment which will cause a much greater disruption than any staffing shortage. one immediate concern is the impact of all those holiday get-togethers. omicron is so highly transmissible, that i ve been advising people, if you don t have to have a new year s party this year, or you can delay it a few weeks, that might make a big difference. reporter: adding to all this worry, the flu is making a comeback this winter. the c.d.c. said today hospitalizations are up, and two children have died from the flu so far. of major. garrett: with the hard numbers and the key realities, nikki battiste, thank you so much. with the r
i m joe fryer. nice to be with you on this christmas eve, a day americans are being tested in many ways ahead of their holiday get togethers. first with the ongoing surge of the omicron variant. many people enduring long testing lines to make sure it s safe to gather with friends and family. that s if they can even find a place to get a test. a short time ago new york s governor announcing the they shattered the record for new covid cases. 41,441 new cases. that s because of widespread testing out of nearly 61,000 tests done in just one day. at the airports, passenger patience is being tested as well.