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Bit too much clout? >> i think thats the open question as to where this goes. were in a pretty unique and particularly moment, given the pandemic. people are incredibly anger, incredibly frustrated in canada, unlike other countries, including the u.s., where there are far fewer restrictions, we are just now in some of the biggest provinceser coming out of lockdown, that really angered people, especially because we do have such high levels of vaccination. at the same time, vaccine mandates really...

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The booster shot after getting the vaccine. only 44% of the eligible population has gotten a third shot. and thats even though all the data shows that booster shots really helped prevent severe disease during this last wave, over and above just being vaccinated. i know there are people watching me right now theyre not boosted. a lot of people told me things like i dont realize how important it is, or its asked to go get it. i understand. i gotta say, if there is like one thing you could do right...

Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org easing restrictions and emerging from the omicron wave. the county pulling the plug on the mass vaccine sidewalk. to lift covid vaccine mandates. it feels like summer but as you know, its only february. crowds flocking to the beach and filling parks in the middle of the winter. unseasonably warm temperatures making for a busy weekend. there will be one more day just like this, but next week with s average ...

>> where a good part of the way through this omicron wave, were not cltohe onat. i think this will be a long struggle. >> health experts say the best defense are vaccines. now 42% of americans have that booster shot, and masking, though just nine states still require masks indoors. >> and the anti-mandate battle is spreading across canada. ple ue blockgruckshousan s. m. >> and patience on this ninth day of demonstrations is running thin with counter protestors demanding an end to disruptions. >>...

Plan for going back to life without covid causing major disruptions but saying that we are not there, yet. what measure would you be looking for that weve entered endemic phase, rather than being in a pandemic? >> well, i think the first thing we want to see is this omicron wave, don, go way down to the point where it was before it started. um, as the delta wave had really descended in the south. so, you know, were -- were only about halfway down, and its unclear whether itll get stuck there for...

Allies. david? >> mary, thank you. thanks to terry moran as well. and we move on to another developing headline. pfizers vaccine for children under 5, both pfizer and the fda delaying this? what is driving this? also, news on the third booster that millions of adults received in this country. what they saw during the omicron wave. how soon the booster wanes. is a fourth shot possible? heres stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, a stunning reversal. just days before an expert panel was set to ...

The knew tranche of data coming in the and the fact the omicron wave is going down made people say lets pause and -- and do the conservative thing. >> right. so, okay. so, that all makes sense. now, what about the new cdc study today that came out, and this is for -- for everyone, you know, older than 5. pfizer and moderna booster and its effectiveness wanes substantially, after just four months. now, i understand it is still very effective at preventing hospitalization but a lot of people hear ...

We are really seeing _ transmissibility of the omicron variant, its ability to seek out the most vulnerable, the last remaining vulnerable people in society, has meant that essentially pretty much everyone has been exposed to omicron over the last month or two in europe and across the world, so the differences we see are more than things like death rates rather than case rates, so case rates have set new records and pretty much every country omicron has hit but death rates have been markedly dif...

We obviously have seen a number of cycles of this virus where things go up in the winter, they come down in the spring, they go back again a little bit in the summer, go back down, come up again in the fall and the winter. but what the cdc is saying here right now is that their recommendation is that areas with high, substantial transmission people should be wearing masks. if youre in the low transmission area, the recommendation is you can lift those masks. i think a big one to watch is going t...