Off Omicron News Today

And get boosted. i think we will use lateral flow tests as long as they are important. there is a similar argument to be had about the quarantine period, whether to come down from seven days to five days, and i think we should look at the science. on quarantine, do you see the benefits of the review? we are looking at that and we will act according to the science as we always have. i would say to everybody, omicron is still out there, its incredibly contagious, everybody will know somebody who h...

Sadly, as you know, 90% of the people who are in icu with covid have not been vaccinated. it is absolutely crucial that gets their booster and can make a huge difference. is it possible we could see changes? we have to make sure we see off omicron, we are making great progress. the number of people who have been boosted is 36 million. 90% of over—505 have been done. there are still millions who need to do it. loads of people have had two jabs but havent yet come forward for their booster. i sa...

In office, more than any president in recorded history in terms of job growth. now obviously thats a little bit misleading in the sense that were bouncing back from a pandemic, and its not like we were on a steady baseline and youre raising the level. the important news is the economy is bouncing back this seems to be the economy shrugging off omicron, suggest a move in the direction of normalcy later this year and the push and bull of this number is that inflation is partly a result of this hot...

Focused on whether you had a waning immunity until what, did you have waning immunity versus infection, or against hospitalization and death? and we have not seen waning immunity to the more critical outcomes among the younger population. but now, with the rise of omicron, its a different calculation. now, youre concerned about what we call immune-evasion where your immune response to the vaccine or even the prior infection is not going to always recognize omicron, and so the idea here is to sho...