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we're going to see in the days ahead that the omicron virus is going to ultimately be the new king of the hill and in fact it will bring with it this ability to potentially impact an immune response. so you're right. we won't know this for several weeks. studies are ongoing right now, but new data we've gotten out of south africa in the last 12 hours is concerning, showing we're starting to see a rise in hospitalizations, and we are starting to see more serious illness manifest in people who have been infected with this virus. >> so how should americans be thinking about vaccines and about boosters for their vaccine? >> i can't emphasize this enough but this is something we've been saying over and over again, it's a broken record. first of all, for those who have not yet been vaccinated, remember only 59% of americans have been vaccinated to date. number two, we're actually growing a higher risk of the problems with not being vaccinated today because 125 million americans have now gone
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other than there are over 50 mutations and 30 on the spike protein that the virus attaches to human cells. the nature from what we have seen can do a couple of things. one is increasing transmissability. if you have it, you are likely to pass it on to somebody else. there is concern the way the few mutations look, it is similar to others. there is a concern that none of the other mutations, beta and lambda have taken over is delta is king of the hill. if you all of a sudden are seeing variant that has mutations that may both cause greater transmissability, but also decrease efficacy of the current treatment, it might out-compete delta because cases are starting to go up in south africa.
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