dr. ben carson is now here with us, former secretary of the department of housing and urban development in the trump administration. thanks for being here. thank you. martha: this omicron situation, people are waiting for tests. when is it going to level off and do you think the tests will arrive in time to serve that need? well, it s quite clear the tests won t arrive in time. maybe that s not a bad thing. you know, the more tests you have the more positive people you ll have. if you don t have a good plan for what you re going to do with those positive people, it adds more to the confusion. what we really need to be thinking about is what is exactly happening with this virus. it s clearly getting walker and more contagious which means it s going to spread widely throughout our entire society. what are we going to do about that? are we going to be afraid of it
the chinese tennis star pung shwai appears to have retracted an accusation, of sexual assault, that she made against a former chinese vice premier. in a video interview, she said, the comments she d made on social media had been misunderstood. after making the claim last month, she disappeared from public view for three weeks. the women s tennis association says, it s still concerned about her well being. in the last hour they gave us this statement. they said it was good to see her in a public setting but these appearances do not alleviate or address the wta s significant concerns about her well being and ability to communicate without censorship or coercion. appearances do not alleviate or address the wta s significant concerns about her well being and ability to communicate without censorship or coercion. we remain steadfast in our call for a full, fair and transparent investigation, without censorship, into her allegation of sexual assault, which is the issue that gave rise to
surges in britain. other countries are doing the same to u.k. travelers where the cases have spectacularly spiked. they ve been doubling by the day there. dr. kevin campbell, whether this is getting a bit ahead of itself. the president and ceo, cardiologist. what do you think of what france is doing? it s a bit reaction ordinary. what we know from the most recent data, that the omicron variant is transmissable but the disease is mild and self-limited. the concern should be on vaccines and the vaccination rate. if you have a large rate of unvaccinated people, lockdowns make sense. neil: i know you reminded this omicron situation that looked and you ve been proven right so right that it s very contagious but not extremely dangerous. that s the early read. one person has succumbed to this