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Is that, you know, we sometimes are hearing now some relief, and i think thats good that the omicron variant may be slightly milder in terms of its progression to severe disease. theres no reason to think that this is necessarily the end game or the last variant that we might see. we have such high levels of transmission right now, the virus is continuing to mutate, and theres always the risk of future variants. >> yeah, and theres unfortunately been some really convincing research done on that ...

An opportunity to spread. it has an opportunity to mutate. it will have the opportunity to develop into a new variant like the one were seeing right now. getting vaccines in arms globally, to increase the immunity we have and not let the virus spread further. >> is it that each mutation is a roll of the dice? this is how the pandemic ends with a coronavirus with mild symptoms, or the doomsday variant that we have no protection from. >> we really dont know where this is going to go. so, we cant p...

In hong kong, as well as aggressive military ma thufrs aimed at taiwan. >> this island is potential flash point for what their president calls a fight between authoritarian china and democratic taiwan, ally with the united states. number three. >> protests across russia in support of alexi navalny. >> navalny send to a penal colony, who dared to return home five months after a near-fatal attack. number two. the new year brought with it great hopes for an end to the covid-19 pandemic. the ush...

The rise of omicron has- reminded us again, if we need 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 p...

Kill you, you should do everything possible to prevent it from infecting you. >> so what do you say to those doctors who suggest this signals at least to them the beginning of the end of a pandemic? are you saying thats too optimistic of a view? >> ive worked with viruses for many decades and i would always say never underestimate a virus, especially a virus such as sars-cov-2 which has shown us an ability to mutate rapidly, mutate extensively, and change the game repeatedly. so every time we ha...

Cases. so where are we right now? >> well, this virus, the coronavirus, has taught us to be humble. every time we think that we have a handle on it and that things will get better, it throws us another curve ball. so were definitely in a different place than we were a year ago just as you said with the vaccines and the antivirals and other things in the pipeline and much of the population vaccinated. but we dont have enough people vaccinated. and omicron is very infectious, much more so than oth...

That that reality- has changed for me. many of us hoped that 2021 would be the year that we put coronavirus behind us. here in london, life did get back to something closer to normal, but we also learned that covid is a global problem and it requires a global response. the successful roll—out of vaccines in the rich world left poorer countries vulnerable, and it gave the virus ample opportunity to mutate. science gave us the vaccine, but it didnt give us vaccine equity. when we made this plan ...

Would be the year that we put coronavirus behind us. here in london, life did get back to something closer to normal, but we also learned that covid is a global problem and it requires a global response. the successful roll—out of vaccines in the rich world left poorer countries vulnerable, and it gave the virus ample opportunity to mutate. science gave us the vaccine, but it didnt give us vaccine equity. when we made this plan of a fair allocation and equitable distribution, we knew therell b...

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Rollout but its still ended as the deadliest year of the pandemic and misinformation has proven dangerous to peoples health. we have been talking with dr. fauci and his guidance and what to do with the facts change and new variants emerge. >> the best way you can prevent the virus from evolving and mutating, its an interesting tenet of vierology, the only way to mutate is if you allow it to replicate. when you have a lot of infection in your country, when youre getting 3,000 to 4,000 new a day, ...