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Think about our kids under 5 who are not vaccinated yet and need the protection of those vaccinated around them. think about the immunocompromised and those who have multiple medical conditions that put themselves at greater risk. this is about recognizing our decisions have an impact on the people around us. if we get and stick together, they make decisions that can benefit the common good, we will get through this pandemic. >> mr. surgeon general, good morning, jonathan lemire. we know the pre...

Action, which is continue to get vaccinated if youre unvaccinated but those individuals who have not yet had your booster shots? what more are you waiting for before getting the booster. >> here we are in christmas week. people are planning what to do. we got this question from fran who says, im 81. my son is 61. were fully vaccinated. if he visits his adult daughter and her husband who are unvaccinated, could he get the virus and give it to me? >> yes. we know that breakthrough infections are h...

That is what you should be doing if tough cold or the sniffels, reaching for rapid test. there is an attitude i am sure you have heard thats encapsulated from an infectious disease experts who said omicron will spread so quickly making it impossible to contain even with stringent measures. there is an attitude that seems to be well, we are all going to get it, doesnt matter, right? people who live with somebody who is immunocompromised, who live with somebody unable to get the vaccine because th...

Elderly, people who our immunocompromised. while vaccinating is still the best move to protect themselves, not everyone reaches the same level of protection, even with the same number of vaccine doses and same vaccine brands. fully vaccinated and fully boosted or whatever language were using, this has always been a heterogeneous population. i think we use the same terms for people but really the fully vaccinated are not a monolith and because we know they can still occasionally be infected, they...

Maybe you can explain why that is. but it does not seem to result in as serious illness or death, particularly amongst the vaccinated. but you can still spread this. you can still carry this virus if youre vaccinated, and you can still end up infecting someone who is vulnerable, immunocompromised, or for whatever reason, not vaccinated, and that could result in their death. >> ali, thats exactly right. were going to see more cases of omicron, the omicron variant infection than we have with any o...

When i say screwed up, i mean american adults who had chances and chances and chances and turned them down, partly due to disinformation pollution. i have two kids, 2 and 4, they cant get vaccinated. in my view the risk is low enough to them they should live normal lives and have wonderful childhoods and continue with life. david, isnt that what all this is about, its all about risk assessment, and the risk assessment for someone older or immunocompromised will be different for someone with omic...

Saying. neil: you hear it wont be anything like the heights of the pandemic when everyone was sheltering in their homes. do you think theyre right on that? do you think we will avoid revisiting the worst of the pandemic? >> well, i sure hope so, and i think the things weve learned are that the young, healthy people especially given this new omicron variant is less dangerous, you know, the young, healthy people are really not at risk or dying, so we need to protect the people who are vulnerable, ...

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And also in terms of what percentage of cases now are made up of omicron, you could see that the doubling rate, people keep talking about how quickly it is doubling, and in the united states overall it went from .4% to 3% over a couple of weeks in certain pockets of the country like newark, new jersey, went from 2% to 13%. so i think that is what is fuelling the concerns, just how contagious this is. it is likely everyone will get exposed to this at some point. >> at least right now, dr. offit, ...