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Misguided, from a public health standpoint is not whether you have the virus but whether you are spreading it to others. rapid antigen tests confirm that pretty quickly. compared to your tests in the united states cost way more and are far less widely available. similarly, we should make widely available cheap, high-quality masks. germans leading virologist recently said omicron could become the first post-pandemic covid variant, which would like politic the disease an endemic one, not so lethal...

Opposition politician alexey navalny sent to a penal colony, dared to return home five months after a near-fatal nerve agent attack. >> shortly before his detention, navalny saying hes not scared. number two. the new year brought with it great hopes for an end to the covid-19 pandemic. the ushering in of widespread vaccinations. but the virus continued to mutate, killing millions of people around the world. the uneven vaccine rollout hasnt kept up with the speed of the spreading virus, especia...

Activists and former lawmakers in hong kong and aggressive military maneuvers aimed at taiwan. >> this island is potential flashpoint for what their president calls a fight between authoritarian china and democratic taiwan, allied with the united states. >> reporter: number three -- >> protest rallies across russia in support of detained kremlin opposition activist, alexei navalny. >> reporter: russias best-known opposition politician, sent to a penal colony, when he dared to return home, five m...

Early starting to go down this fantastic news. thats what peaked early we have several weeks of this spike and surge that roll out across the country we are providing this virus to ramp across the country is more opportunity to mutate has more opportunity to mutate is more opportunity to potentially create a mutation or a variant like omicron that could have more contagious it could be more virulent, it could create more severe disease. so the likelihood is will seat many more variants coming do...

This is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. im matthew amroliwala. our top stories... governments around the world weigh up new covid restrictions, as omicron cases continue to rise. boosterjabs are also being ramped up in many countries — including israel which is planning a fourth dose, but the who has this warning. blagger to programmes are likely to prolong the pandemic, rather than ending it, by diverting supplies to countries that already have high levels of ...

Back. many are saying that they dont become the viral load will less lethal overtime. and dr. marc siegel is here with us. what is your take on that? >> martha, the key here is how transmissible the virus is. omicron is extremely transmissible. the world health organization reported 15 million cases last week alone. that was 50% more than the week along. this thing is racing around the globe. in africa, less than 10% of the people are vaccinated. were not slowing it down with vaccines. also in a...

To be reminded, that if there are swathesl of unvaccinated populations, this gives chances for - the virus to mutate, - so just when we were settling comfortably, thinking - we could celebrate the end of the year, people _ are considering lockdowns again and the virus is back with us. will we get a third chance? im not sure. it sometimes comes in threes. yet the science was there. nothing was secret about it. we knew what we had to do, but peoples instinct - is to protect themselves. you cant bl...

Opposed to rapid tests has been misguided, from a public health standpoint is not whether you have the virus but whether you are spreading it to others. rapid antigen tests determine that pretty quickly. compared to europe tests in the united states cost way more and are far less widely available. similarly, we should make widely available cheap, high-quality masks. germans leading virologist recently said omicron could become the first post-pandemic covid variant, which would like make the dise...

Final wave of the pandemic, this is what dr. fauci said about that on monday. >> it is an open question as to whether or not omicron is going to be the virus vaccination that everyone is hoping for. >> what say you? do we think thats a reasonable possibility? >> i rarely disagree with dr. fauci and when i do, i often find myself wrong. i dont think we know the answer. omicron is going to change the course of the next couple of months because so many people will be infected, theyre going to get a...

Should that be the strategy going forward? should we still be trying to convince people to get the shot? or are we at a point now where people who are going to get the shot have gotten the shot? >> we absolutely need to continue to convince people. theres no doubt about it. when we see whats happening in the hospitals and the icus and the deaths, its largely those who are not vaccinated. that is really critical that we continue to communicate that. the other thing that makes it really important ...