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Preventable deaths that would not be happening if we could get everyone, at the very least, vaccinated and ideally, boosted. just over 67% of the total eligible u.s. population is fully vaccinated right now. and the number one thing driving our low vaccination rate is the right-wing movement to stop people from getting vaccinated. look at this chart. health care policy analyst charles gaba looked at every county in the country and found a direct correlation between levels of support for trump in...

To see their loved ones in care homes, self—isolation periods will be cut, and care homes will only have to follow outbreak management rules for m days, not 28. ministers say restrictions brought in to counter the omicron wave of coronavirus can be relaxed because of the success of the vaccine booster programme. each of the uk nations sets its own rules on care homes, with scotland easing its restrictions last week. the change is the latest rolling back of plan b curbs in england. our social a...

Keep in mind, jim, this is coming from a president who would very much like djokovic to be vaccinated. this country is struggling to convince people to take the shot less than 60% of adults here have it. >> australia is very high vaccination rate and also very low death rate throughout the pandemic from covid-19. scott mclean in belgrade, thanks very much. the u.s. surgeon general is warning the omicron surge has not peaked nationally in this country, though the spread does appear to be slowin...

Any issues? no. 0k. one reason hospitals are so busy is that some patients face significant delays in getting home, even if they are well enough to leave. and its a complicated process. there are so many services involved in one patient. theres equipment, theres package of care, theres access issues, theres family, theres transport, we need to make sure medicines are ready for home, so we need to make sure everybody is on the same page when we are aiming for that discharge. nhs england says 93% ...

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Done really well against omicron. i want to talk to you about something else. one way that the vaccine hesitant have gotten around this is talk of monoclonal antibody treatments. heard politicians back that up, including florida, the governor saying were going to have a lot of that if you dont want the vaccine. notable the state of florida shutting down its antibody treatment centers. why? and how significant? >> you know, it is interesting because the state of florida put out this press release...

Staff and beds in order to holded patients and emts are forced to wait sometimes outside the possible to get the patients seen and they tell me theyve reached a boiling point. [ sirens ] were with an ems crew in sacramento as they respond to another day of unrelenting calls. so where were going now, theres a serious accident. this one a major car crash where the driver could have had life-threatening injuries. look at the inside here. this is a horrific rollover car accident and youre telling me...

And then, the trust is there and there is not an idea that this is flip-flopping, or mixed messaging. >> you know, dr. wen, you heard dr. fauci say he is urging americans to hang on he says for just a few more weeks. how much better do you think things will look by then? >> i think we could be in for a much better spring and summer because so many people have been infected during this last omicron wave. and also, we have many people who are vaccinated and boosted, and so the overall immune prote...

Founder and ceo of advancing health equity and an msnbc medical contributor. gabe, let me start with you. so many cases of covid right now. what are officials saying about whether were moving out of this phase of the pandemic yes. >> reporter: hi, there, jose. good morning. former fda commissioner scott gottlieb said this morning that he believed that this omicron wave signals the end of the pandemic phase of this virus. but that it likely does not mean the virus will leave human circulation. ho...

Much to the delight of hospitality and workplaces, and the rule of six has been scrapped along with nightclubs being able to reopen. they were the first, the last to reopen last year and the first shut and now they can reopenjust in time for the six nations in a few weeks here in wales. and of course the work from home rule, which was still a legal requirement, has now been made just guidance only. a few things remain in place, those being that masks will still need to be worn in shops and hospi...