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They want especially now with omicron out there as the next threat. >> dana: one of the things the president said yesterday is the mutation was cause for concern but not panic and "the new york times" today had this piece in their morning newsletter which i always read saying it is possible that mutations make a virus more fear some but it also could make it weaker or cancel each other out. will we know that in two weeks? >> i think well have a sense of that by watching what happens in south afr...

Virus and the world versus the virus. >> bill: scientists are working on it now. on thursday he will deliver a message what the new strategy will be. what would you expect to hear then? >> well, i would hope that he would say here is what were going to do to make testing more available to people in the united states. here is what well do to make vaccinations more available and so we dont have a xenophobe i can policy only saying africa is banned from coming in and out. ways to do that. we can te...

How rapidly this can be transmitted and how serious is the illness for people who get infected with omicron? thats going to take a couple weeks of close observation to see whether people are ending up in the hospital or not. and also because about 27% of south africans are vaccinated. has a vaccine provided some protection. well know more in the next couple of weeks. the other part is in the laboratory where we are synthesizing this particular set of mutations and testing in the lab serum from p...

Follow was abruptly canceled and wanted more time to talk. those issues would be exacerbateed if omicron takes hold. increasingly fragile economy strains the selling of his $2 trillion spending bill. for now he said lockdowns are off the table. so is his vaccine mandate for now with courts blocking that. the president is expected to speak on thursday to address how plans to address the new variant. >> dana: we learn chris cuomo was working his own media sources to dig up dirt on the governors ac...