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Later it became, flatten the curve, make sure the hospitals arent overburdened. they are now not overburdened. we are on the downslope of the omicron wave. we dont just have vaccines, we also have a new generation of over-the-counter covid pills, which can be taken at home rather than in the emergency room, when people get diagnosed, which is going to cut serious disease and mortality by 90% additionally. and so, the question is, do we keep on with restrictions forever? do we continue not to lea...

Truckers protest vaccine requirements choking busy border crossings between the united states and canada. here at home 70% of americans at a recent poll say that it is time to accept covid and get on with our lives. some democratic governors seem to be getting the message is a growing number of blue states lifted indoor mass command that a move president biden says is probably premature. her back with her panel and mary ogrady. kyle, a lot of democratic governors get on board for one reason or a...

Saying the fda delayed pfizers vaccine for children under 5 because it lacks a defined efficacy level. >> what you have is a situation where the data set is continuing to evolve because were still in the middle of this omicron wave of infection. >> reporter: americans receiving their first covid-19 vaccine dose has dropped by nearly 73%, leaving over 80 million eligible and ineligible americans unvaccinated. >> we still have so much virus out there. and this is why its also important to not lift...

Governments here and in canada are already moving come loose and and banned scene mandates as the omicron wave begins to subside. >> thank you very much. >> a three-year-old who may be headed to the olympics in the picture at a show of affection between two sloths. it is something. for your valentines day today, viral videos are next. i use liberty mutual, they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. wooo, yeaa, woooooo and, by switching you could even save 665 dollars. ...

The united states is among the high-income countries on the list as are many central european nations. new york state governor kathy hochul with numbers saying weve seen a 19% drop in covid cases here in the state alone. the national guard are still manning their posts at various facilities throughout the state with hospitalizations here also on the decline. boris and christi. >> polo sandoval, thank you so much for the report. appreciate it. president biden is celebrating januarys better than...

Against hospitalization. could a new variant come on the horizon? could we see those people who had prior infections and have had vaccinations do lose some of the protection against those measures? they should retain more protection against more severe findings as well as hospitalizations and deaths compared to just infections but woe dont know. and the other part is even as were coming out of this omicron wave, we know immunity against omicron, which in many cases cause less severe infection in...

How good is this economic comeback? lets get perspective. mark zandy, chief economist for moodys. grateful for your time today. the president calls this historic. and the president at the beginning of his remarks raised a point. he essentially is making the point that finally the american economy, the strength of the economy, has outwrestled covid. and the economy is now driving the show. is that true? >> i think thats a good point. yeah, i think the economy is on track doing well. you know, i t...

Month. a number three times higher than anticipated. job numbers for november and december, 2021, were also -- a sign of continued recovery, despite the recent omicron wave. now, back to dateline. we would call missing persons, they would say somebody was going to get back with us. almost in a three-year span, we had a little to no contact with the police department. >> turns out, they werent even looking for. him >> right. during that time, he was not even in the database. >> it was now 2005, i...

But we are at the point in many states -- not in all state, but in many states where the omicron wave seems to be on the way down. it has crested, it is on the way down, cases are way down, and especially in those parts of the country, i just think it is a good thing to take advantage of -- it may just be a respite from covid-19. who knows whether there will be more variants or whatever to come up. but to take advantage of the moment to release some of these restrictions, give everybody a bit of...

Its up to the individual to manage covid the way he or she wants to. i mean, that sounds perfectly understandable at this stage of the pandemic. people started to lose their minds. are people still scared whitless? what has been the situation in terms of society? are they thrilled? >> people are very supportive of the lifting off the restrictions. it should be said they were also in favor of imposing restrictions in december when the omicron wave came. but when we saw that it didnt have a critic...