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Virus mutates. what we have to expect, the good news is omicron is a mutation as they do where they get more contagious, killing the host is not a good idea and become looser. we see this trend with generally people know it. this is why americans become afraid. we hear from people, seem to be related to mister magoo and telling us what we need to do in our lives and seeing the backtrack, reverse, clarify and i think that does not engender trust and confidence by the american people. joe: i alway...

Virus mutates. as they become more successful at transmitting itself, it becomes less dangerous over time. and thats kind of what were seeing. so thats a good thing, obviously. but the fact that its spreading so wildly is, obviously, very concerning, and it raises a lot of questions and concerns. neil: as a doctor, sir, do you think the response some cities and governments, countries are having is justified to go back to restrictions, capacity restraints as were seeing in canada? that all of the...

The cases, youre seeing less severe cases, so thats actually a good thing. >> so what about boosters? at least a handful of universities are saying theyre now going to require boosters for students, and i know youve been arguing against universal boosters, saying theyre just not needed. but we do now know two doses dont work nearly as well as three against omicron, which is spreading like crazy right now. the cdc director, dr. walensky, dr. fauci, theyve been urging americans to get their booste...

Meanwhile, in the fight to contain the omicron variant, they say two doses may not be significant but a booster shot offers significant protection against the variant. nbc news correspondent tom costello has the latest. >> reporter: the new research from pfizer is critical as the country tries to arrest the spread of the omicron variant. pfizer says its first two vaccine doses do not hold up well against omicron, but the third shot, the booster, provides 25 times the booster against omicron. >> ...

Variants. more to come unfortunately in the future. >> were told the more people get infected, the more the virus mutates. its trying to survive as were trying to escape it. to be clear, the w.h.o. has named it now. just moments ago. you might have missed it. omicron. this is the 15th letter of the greek alphabet. if im not saying it correctly, im sorry. im sorry to make greek family members be upset by my mispronunciation. ben white, lets talk about the economic impact. were seeing the stock ma...

Vaccines. how worried are you? >> right. so let me just kind of back up a minute and, you know, unpack this a little bit so as a quick reminder to everybody whos listening to us. so every virus mutates. some viruses mutate faster than others, but every virus mutates very fast for influenza, much more slowly for the coronavirus, the sars-cov-2. that said, it is always around the corner that we can have a mutation or a variant develop that could cause more problems, could be more transmissible, mo...

>> right. so let me just kind of back up a minute and, you know, unpack this a little bit so as a quick reminder to everybody who is listening to us. so every virus mutates. some viruses mutate but some faster than others. it is always around the corner that we could have a mutation or a variant develop that could cause more problems, that could be more transmissible, more infectious. it could have -- it could make people sicker than the previous variants. thats why we have to really keep a clos...

What to believe because they hear so much rhetoric out there, and i think its incumbent on us to make people more media literate, but its also incumbent on the other guys to speak the truth. so those people they just dont know what to believe because theyve been fed such lines of b.s. for so long, that the media is fake. here we are every single day giving people the facts, telling them what the science is saying in the moment. and as you know, this disease, this virus mutates. there are variant...

Miami-Dade County Begins Scheduling Appointments for Vaccinated Seniors to Receive Second Shots Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava delivered an update on the countys vaccination program Saturday, noting that officials have begun scheduling appointments for seniors to get their booster shot. "Everyone who received a vaccine from a Miami-Dade County site will be contacted to scheduled their second dose directly by email or text," the mayor said in a press release. "We are working hard to get s...

The pathogens responsible for aids or may have traveled from apes to humans. rodents can transmit hunter viruses for example. birds some flu viruses a vaccine may prevent infection. even though as in the case of flu the vaccine constantly has to be adapted as the virus mutates. one type of antiviral vaccine protects against cervical cancer and sometimes viruses arent pathogens but helpers. certain parvo viruses for example target tumor cells without damaging surrounding healthy cells researchers...