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To live with the virus, mutation to the virus, _ china still has a zero—covid policy, so if you have zero covid, - you have lockdown, restrictions which are not compatible trying to fire up the economy. - and of course too there _ is the inter—nexus between economics and politics as well. i both in terms of china and the usi and the relationship between them, but if you are going to crack down on the captains of industry - and technology for a variety - of reasons, thats not a great way for ...

Etc, and instead they are being hit by another wave, this time omicron, not sure exactly how _ on, will be a lockown and all this— creates a lot of uncertainty. and of course if you mention china, china unlike many countries - in the west and indeed that many i countries around the world have i decided that we find ways to live with the virus, mutation - to the virus, china still has a zero—covid policy, - so if you have zero covid, you have lockdown, - so if you have zero covid, - you have ...

The reaction by governments in the Global North to the discovery of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in South Africa has provided further proof – as if any more were needed – of the deeply inequitable response to the coronavirus pandemic. The backlash against African countries was swift and severe, as if barring travelers from the region could somehow...

Likely providing a shield of immunity. >> this would have been a nightmare if it was delta. i think we can be grateful that it has not been as devastating as it could have been. >> but theres still reason to be cautious, it seems. >> yeah. we are learned you never let the gourd down. >> reporter: theres hope. >> im actually quite optimistic about it. >> reporter: david mackenzie, cnn, johannesburg. >> that hope may be tempered by a recent study from colombia, university, which says the omicron v...

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...

More people testing positive in Florida means more chances for each of us to be exposed and required to isolate impacting our day-to-day lives. But within the last day, the CDC cut the recommended isolation time in half.

Herein lies the most probable future for this virus. Even if it behaves like a professional gamer and eventually maxes out all its stats, there is no reason to think that it won’t be controlled and cleared by the immune system.

South africa, what is it in a sense? could we expect more variants to come from those who have got hiv, where the virus might be more able to breed? >> well, whether omicron variant is coming from an hiv-infected individual, its speculative. we dont know if this actually happened. but generally, we also cannot say whether new variants emerge, whether omicron is now finally -- one of the final mu st mutated viruses. its very hard to predict how the virus is going to behave in general. what we kno...

The vice-president and president saying they didnt know there would be variants. everything has a mutation. the flu and everything. look at evolution. we are mutations. according to the recent abc news poll 63% disapprove of the presidents handling of immigration. 57% disapprove of his handling the economic recovery and 69% disapprove of the handling of inflation. not a winner among them for him. where toine start? >> he hasnt handled anything. thats part of the problem. his vice-president and n...

Mutation. even though thats not a dose given in humans or recommended, it does raise some questions. the drug should not be given to children or pregnant women, in my opinion. it can be life-saving so there could be a risk-benefit analysis to do their but weve got paxil bid from pfizer that does not have the concern and cut covid deaths to zero. we just need more of the drug. >> raymond: doctor, thank you for your time, merry christmas, we will talk to in the new year. in just two weeks, the sup...