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Works against omicron, but the other things that i would love to hear is, you know, what is the end goal of the u.s. covid response, once were out of this surge. what is our -- you know, what we build into the resilience of making sure when the future variants come, that we will not be as affected. but, of course, jose, what were likely to see is all of this political drama. the important measures were willing to hear about, the political drama outpaces all of those important conversations that ...

Than 1,000 staff? its an extreme position. but i am confident, and were already seeing a number of staff choosing to be vaccinated. the push on vaccinations and boosters, notjust for nhs staff but all of us, continues. but even though the omicron wave is not yet over, ministers are clearly thinking about what comes next and how we live in covid in the months to come. dominic hughes, bbc news. a stay—at—home order has been issued, to the entire population of the chinese port city of tianjin a...

Larks but the news about pediatric hospitalizations is shocking and saddening and terrifying for everyone. and the pace at which omicron seems to take down, i dont know how many folks are out of your workplace, but at mine, it feels like designated survivor to be one of the humans walking around these halls. i wonder if you can just take me inside the early days of really your beginning to understand sort of the size and scope of this countrys omicron wave. >> yeah, i think right after thanksgiv...

The good news is that booster jabs are holding fast against the omicron wave. even as new cases have surged, hospital admissions remain a long way off the peak seen this time last year. but hundreds of thousands of people are currently isolating for at least seven days, so now theres a suggestion that — in england, at least — that period could be cut to five days instead. i think if the experts, and i have to defer to the uk health and security agency, deem it appropriate that you can have t...

Every day we are getting more and more stories from states across the country trying to balance this unprecedented number of hospital lies patient with an equally unprecedented number of sikh staff. but despite that very bad national picture, trying to find some silver lining here, there is maybe some first glimmers of reasons to be hopeful. new york city, youll recall, is the first city to get hit with the omicron wave. this is what cases have looked like over the past few weeks in new york cit...

The conservatives and it leads us to where we are today. thank you very much for that. _ the health secretary, sajid javid, has confirmed he�*s cutting the isolation period for people testing positive for covid in england. from monday, those with a positive result will be freed from isolation at the start of day six if they�*ve had negative tests on days five and six. it�*s hoped the move will ease pressure on employers hit by staff absences, including the nhs. it comes as the number of pe...

But thankfully we have data from south africa, where omicron was first discovered. so we dont have to listen to anthony fauci. according to a brand-new study from that country, omicron has an 80% lower risk of hospitalization then passed covid variants. south africas hospitalization rate even fell by 91% during the omicron wave. and less than 2% of all covid positive south africans were hospitalized. that is compared to 19% of covid positive south africans who were hospitalized in the third delt...

All of a sudden, they are like oh, wait, we were wrong, we overestimated omicron, we still have a lot more delta, but no one could get antibody treatments. they are completely fumbling this entire situation right now, and it is unfortunate. by the time they get their act together, the omicron wave will be over. >> thats the part thats unfortunate. people are suffering right now. they are scared. they dont know what to do. yet, this is where we are. but it does happen to be a new year. and were a...

Are at the highest rate compared to any prior point in the pandemic. >> reporter: experts say with the rapid spread, vaccines, masks, and testing are more important than ever, but across the country, frustration over testing shortages. in florida, some are outraged after learning as many as a million rapid test kits expired during a period that saw testing lines stretching more than a mile. a new report out of the university of florida predicts 70 to 80% of the people living in the sunshine stat...

That all families and all americans have tests. we cant decide that in the weeks before a holiday. we need to decide that in the down time. we need to decide that in the summer. this pandemic did not just start. this pandemic has been going on for years and we have been talking about the baseline foundational issues that are important in order for families, teachers and students to be safe. >> yeah. im so sorry to interrupt you. i want to ask you a really quick question before you do. youre talk...