Dr. Jha takes over as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator under conditions in which the Omicron BA.2 subvariant is now dominant across the US and is causing a new surge of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in a growing number of states.
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the mutations it has enable it to adhere to human cells more easily, and it can infect even those who have been previously infected or vaccinated. he s drawing on some of the research that came from the seattle based institute for health metrics and evaluation. i ve been speaking to its director dr christopher murray about how concerned we should be. there is this huge wave of omicron spreading across europe but what we also know from south africa, the uk and the us is that omicron is much less severe than delta. in fact, one of our key messages is we shouldn t be panicking about the great wave of omicron. what about the broader horizon, so, moving into africa, for example, or certain parts of asia where perhaps vaccination levels are still
to human cells more easily, and it can infect even those who have been previously infected or vaccinated. the who has quoted research from the seattle based institute for health metrics and evaluation. we can speak now to its director, dr christopher murray. he is also a professor at the university of washington. thank you forjoining us. there is no hiding the speed with which these infection numbers are growing. it can sound extremely alarming for people. should we be alarmed? ida. extremely alarming for people. should we be alarmed?- should we be alarmed? no, i don t think should we be alarmed? no, i don t think we should we be alarmed? no, i don t think we should. - should we be alarmed? no, i don t think we should. there | should we be alarmed? no, i. don t think we should. there is this huge wake of omicron moving across europe but we also know from south africa the uk and the us is that omicron
city schools are expected to resume in-person classes by wednesday. back with us tonight to discuss, dr. vin gupta, a critical care pulmonologist in seattle. he is also on faculty at the university of washington institute for health metrics and evaluation. doctor gupta you make us feel safe there. and definitely smarter on all things covid when you hear. new york times is reporting in some hospitals, as many as half of the people who are testing positive, we re actually brought into the hospital for something else. testing positive after they were admitted. when we look at the soaring numbers about the omicron variant. are they even close about how we should believe about how serious the hospitalizations are? stephanie, good evening, good to see you. what i will say, for all your viewers out there is this. the hospitalizations numbers, the case numbers, we all have to take them into context. but by january 23rd, the institute for health metrics and evaluation was predicting that we a