omicron i started by saying people just tuning in it gets your throat first and that s how it got me when they are looking at how this is impacting people they are essentially say we could have dodged a bullet with this particular variant which is good news because delta and alpha impacted your throats. omicron hits you in the throat. what if the next variant doesn t hit your throat? what if the next variant hits your lungs or heart or brain? we just don t know. that is one of the reasons why the best protection for people is to get the vaccine. we have all been vaccinated. i have been boosted i have had omicron, i m at the gold level for immunity. but, nonetheless, there are people who have extenuating circumstances like a chicago teacher, who is battling cancer but he knows that it is so important. i believe he has been boosted
on the front of the telegraph its story plans for christmas work from home order. i guess for a lot of people won t be unduly arduous given that a lot of people do break up for a period over period. presumably it s kind of a move towards plan b if not actually plan b. i it s kind of a move towards plan b if not actually plan b. if not actually plan b. i think whitehall if not actually plan b. i think whitehall officials if not actually plan b. i think whitehall officials have - if not actually plan b. i think| whitehall officials have been looking at this for some weeks now. obviously looking at this for some weeks now. obviously we don t know a lot about omicron obviously we don t know a lot about omicron and how it spreads. there s been omicron and how it spreads. there s been a omicron and how it spreads. there s been a certain move shift in whitehall the past 24 hours with officials whitehall the past 24 hours with officials being quite pessimist and saying officials
also to government. officials have looked at also to things ranging from faxing passports also to things ranging from faxing passports to more vigorous mask mandates passports to more vigorous mask mandates. as the telegraph writes tomorrow mandates. as the telegraph writes tomorrow and the octaves also written tomorrow and the octaves also written about is working from home over christmas. you might say we do that anyway. over christmas. you might say we do that anyway, not a big imposition for the that anyway, not a big imposition for the butt working from home comes with a for the butt working from home comes with a huge for the butt working from home comes with a huge economic loss. the treasury with a huge economic loss. the treasury estimates this would cost about treasury estimates this would cost about £18,000,000,000 to the economy in terms about £18,000,000,000 to the economy in terms of about £18,000,000,000 to the economy in terms of cafes, bars, re
these two together until we know what s going on are going to be critical in our line of defense. if it turns out this particular variant doesn t work with the current vaccine, how much will it take to come up with a booster to protect against a variant like this? at moderna, we ve been testing various and significant boosters since over the summer, one to the beta variant, one to the delta. our platform we can move very fast, we think weeks to within two to three months, we would be able to have an omicron-specific vaccine booster available for testing and then for administration. this is going to go at the fastest possible speed. we have to do careful science now. we don t want to misstep. the academic community around the world needs to generate data