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night common sense department had to go back and reread a statement released by the los angeles superintendent of schools. the statement needed a double take because it was astonishing in its hypocrisy. los angeles is now urging students to come to school sick, sneezing, coughing, sniffles, no problem. the superintendent says quoting, we cannot continue an environment where 40% of our kids are chronically absent. common sense would like to offer this reminder. during covid, los angeles unified had the strictest safety protocols in the country, keeping schools closed well beyond when the vast majority of students had already gone back. and even after the los angeles covid infection rate said it was safe to go back, instead, la unified bowed to the teachers union and locked kids out for years. which, according to the surgeon general, leads to, quote, anxiety, depression, social, emotional stressors and suicidal ideation not to mentaling tragic test scores now the la unified
fascinated by this whole thing, the who is criticizing china saying that we believe the current numbers being published from china underrepresent the true impact of the in terms of hospital admissions and icu admissions and particularly in terms of death. are you concerned about this rising -- one, are you surprised at the who going after chie in and are you concerned about china's rising infection rate? >> the world health organization has consistently supported china, helped them to cover up the covid case numbers at the beginning of the pandemic. never held them accountable for the wuhan lab leak, whether it happened and the origins of the virus. now finally, three years into this, they're trying to hold china accountable. why? the numbers coming out of china are outlandish. they're saying 20, 30 people dead? it's impossible, physically impossible for a country of that size with so many people.
that's the expectation remember, jonathan, everybody is testing at home, they're not reporting those numbers. so the estimated infection rate is going to be much higher than what we're actually seeing in terms of a report in numbers in media. we're estimating infections to peak at 1. 6 million it's forecast 6,000 to 8,000 deaths week over week. so the worst is yet to come for covid, we think. that's going to be the second half of the cold and flu season. and to your point, flu hospitalizations are at a peak, at a ten-year peak at this point in flu season, hopefully coming down rsv similarly coming down. good signs, but we're at a high peak for the two viruses i want to get your take on a troubling development when it comes to covid we're seeing this massive outbreak right now in china as they ease their zero covid policy restrictions.
spaces, mass testing has been rolled back, and some people are allowed to quarantine at home, but as more people resumed, there are fears of more scenes like this, a line of people waiting outside of a fever clinic in wuhan. experts say that china has fallen short on vaccinating the elderly with boosters, stockpiling antiviral medications and approving surge capacities in hospitals. some authorities that can mean more outbreaks. >> if we were in lockdown, at least all the asymptomatic cases would either be quarantined at home, or sent to makeshift hospitals. but now with everything opening up all these people are out so the infection rate is high i have a lot of friends who already have a colder fever and i'm one of them too. >> there are reports of some pharmacies selling out a fever medications. many people bracing for a new wave of sickness, the price of moving away from a zero covid policy, means learning to live with. it >> kristie lu stout, cnn,
wishing her the best. now to china where a top health official is warning an omicron variant is spreading quickly across the nation. and a surge is happening as that country is moving away from its zero covid policy and relaxing strict house rules. cnn's kristie lu stout has the details. >> reporter: residents across china are bracing for a surge in cases as the country unwinds from its tough zero covid policy. in beijing, many businesses are closed. restaurants that are open are deserted and some of the biggest crowds seen have been outside of pharmacies and covid-19 testing booths. >> translator: it's better to just protect yourself. cover yourselves and don't let the elderly go out too much. that's all. >> reporter: residents are wary of an exit wave, over a flare-up or infection. one factor here is china's low infection rate especially among the elderly. over the most at-risk group,
mild, but there have been more cases than usual, and a higher number of deaths compared to recent years. let's talk to dr chris smith. virologist at cambridge university and presenter of the naked scientists podcast. dr smith, it is good to see you again. an increase of infection rate, why is that, do we know? late rate, why is that, do we know? we don't rate, why is that, do we know? - don't know, but what we can speculate is it is some kind of consequence of the measures taken to stop the coronavirus pandemic over the last two or three years and there are other infections that have also shown a change in their seasonal patterns and this is just one of them. so we think it is probably part and parcel of the same thing. perhaps a group of children who would normally be exposed to this earlier in their lives haven't so they are all catching it all at the same time and when lots of people have got something, there are lots of people to give it to lots of other people so if you are one of the susceptible ones, you could become severely unwell and you are more likely to run into somebody who will give it to you, that may
be. this is the problem that he has created for himself. he advertised to the world, brian, that his authoritariasyse able to better effectively deal with covid than the democracies of the west. and every few weeks he would point a finger at the united states in terms of the death toll over the last three years by comparison to china. for what has happened the world and the west and the united states has opened up their return to some kind of normalcy with covid certainly and china and their people know that if he doesn't ease up. the people are going to keep protesting. when he does these infection rate is going to climb. the p hospital iraqi security forces going to get overloaded. they caused this himself. >> brian: right. let's go over and talk to the rest of ukraine war. russian foreign minister sergeiy lavrov own will facilities that allow the west to pump lethal
friday became an online event a few years ago when there was complete chaos and some of our bigger stores were reintroduced black friday into the uk. what we have seen over the period since covid—19 is that we have seen a an online spending as people became more confident about going back into destinations as the infection rate declined and people felt less vulnerable. the level of online spending is only slightly higher than it was before covid. people are very keen going into store and we are saying this today. black friday is the launch of the christmas trading period and it is a double bubble, really. not only do you see all the festivities and it is a lovely day out, but they are also getting some bargains, so there is an opportunity to buy presents at a lower cost. is an opportunity to buy presents at a lower cost-— a lower cost. obviously a lot more sales for the _ a lower cost. obviously a lot more sales for the retailers, _ a lower cost. obviously a lot more sales for the retailers, but - a lower cost. obviously a lot more sales for the retailers, but they i sales for the retailers, but they are discounted sales. how much does it really help them? we are going