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Four days. and you just have to look at the projections of what that means and, yeah, we are in for a lot of cases of people getting infected with this virus. >> reporter: the pace of spread has health officials concerned that the omicron variant will overwhelm americas health system again. across the country, icu beds are already nearly 80% full. >> this may be the most contagious virus that civilization has faced in our lifetimes. >> health officials continue to stress that getting boosted is ...

That definitely happens. as a general rule, children get infected less frequently, and less severely. that doesnt mean they cant be infected and infected severely. in terms of the vaccine, we know with a greater than 12-year-old the dose. was micro. the 5 to 11-year-old, the dose was 10 micro gram. it looks like there was a varied respons the fda advisory committee have not seen the data. when we see them, then well be able to make a reasonable decision. >> dr. paul offit, we appreciate your exp...

Gram doses provided a similar immune response to two 100-gram doses. but it was not that effective in preventing infections by the omicron variant. despite that, moderna plans to ask the fda to authorize use of the vaccine for ages 6-11 in the coming weeks. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the united states declaring russia has committed war crimes in ukraine. "the lead" starts now. a theater sheltering innocent civilians and a childrens hospital, these are some of the targets of russian ...

Harvard will start their spring 2022 semester online. in atlanta they have reinstated an indoor mask mandate. so much being done to stop the latest wave of covid-19. >> nick, thanks very much. nick valencia reporting. lets get more on all of this. dr. paul burton is joining us the chief medical officer for the drug maker moderna. doctor, thank you so much for joining us. for people who are fully vaccinated and boosted with moderna shots, is it clear exactly how much protection they now have from...

Arms, but its going to take a number of weeks for that process to work its way through. >> okay. so the trial used, as i understand, correct me if im wrong a 10 micro gram dose lower than the 31 that is used for people 12 and older. >> yes. >> are you confident the smaller dose is enough protection? >> the data certainly seems to suggest that. we want to use the lowest dose possible in chirp because chirp are not small adults and we want to be mindful of safety concerns. with children, we want t...

And a lot of testing done is home tests and not getting reported. >> we have a very good friend, actually, who was not vaccinated, but whose son came home, was vaccinated, mild conditions, passed it on to her and she was hospitalized. a very difficult situation that seems to be happening a lot. mike barnicle is with us and has a question. >> doctor, in talking about children as we have been the last couple of minutes. is there a hesitancy or obstruction in terms of getting the vaccine for childr...