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What to do given that the first plan, which was a good plan, essentially came acropper because you just couldnt get people vaccinated. and as you said, once you have that many people, 40% of the country not vaccinated, the virus is going to replicate. its going to spread. its going to mutate. so they havent figured out quite what to do about it. i still tend to think that covid is the big issue. if you can break the back of covid, you can bring about that restoration to normalcy that people were...

>> which brings me to this question, this start of phenomenon being reported, these so-called omicron-getting parties where people want to catch the virus. how do you respond to the folks that are doing that? >> yeah, look, its a natural temptation when you think about, alex, kind of, if you google the words, omicron mild, youll just get flooded with results so if you hear that, like a cold, if youre vaccinated, its not so bad, one would naturally think, hey, why dont i get it so its out of the ...

If there are huge swaths of the country and the world not vaccinated. so how are we going to handle this? are you going to anticipate were going to need vaccines and boosters, a regular routine we all get every six months or so? >> shift right now in thinking has to be from you know how we are going to get past the surge to get beyond the virus and how we are going to live with the virus for the long-term. thats where we are. the answer primarily is vaccination. in our country and our developing...

Thanks. >> dana: washington state announcing a new version of omicron was detected there earlier this month. the new sub variant has turned up in parts of asia and europe. jonathan serrie live in atlanta home of the cdc headquarters. >> good morning, dana. ba2 is the name of this new sub variant and it has some additional mutations including to the spike protein but researchers at this point dont know how it compares in terms of trance missability or the severity of disease it caused but serves ...

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Variant could emerge, but were better prepared than weve ever been. and i do think the future will be brighter. able to get back to more activities, more safely. >> you write that while there are many reasons for cautious optimism, theres also wild cards, including the virus ability to mutate. how do we best account for wild cards while moving forward? >> it is stunning, the degree to which omicron is changing. the virus is changing. if you look at ba.2, its strikingly different from omicron. it...

One dose of a covid vaccine. but across africa, just one in 20 people are double—jabbed. global health experts say that is not only unfair, it is dangerous. we are giving this virus the opportunity to evolve, to mutate, to present in more rapidly transmissible or deadly forms. we are going to be deep into 2022 before we have this pandemic under control in a best—case scenario. because that is how long it is going to take to get vaccines rolled out equitably around the world. billions of vacc...

Jim bittermann, cnn, just outside paris. theres new scrutiny of federal u.s. covid guidance as more states move forward with lifting mask mandates. new infections are declining across the country, as the omicron wave subsides. well, that drop has led to a number of states relaxing measures towards a new normal. and even retailers are making the change. walmart is lifting its mask mandate, effective immediately for fully vaccinated employees. the chain also said that its ending the required dai...

Recommendations. plus, the world health organization warns that the pandemic isnt over. >> we have seen the virus evolve, mutate, and, in fact, the omicron variant was detected here in south africa. the whole world came to know about it because of the scientists here. so we know that there will be more variants, more variants of concern. and so were not at the end of the pandemic. >> french and u.s. leaders again try to talk russia out of invading ukraine. but after investing in a massive milita...

Evolve, mutate, and in fact the omicron variant was detected here in south africa, the whole world came to know about it because of the scientists here. so we know that there will be more variants, more variants of concern. and so were not at the end of the pandemic. >> and joining me now is dr. jean noble, an associate professor of emergency medicine and director of covid response at the university of california san francisco. hi, doctor, thanks for coming on. lets start with the news that the ...