cases are more mild than what we have experienced previously. >> reporter: broadway canceling more performances more sports teams weighing whether to postpone games and snl this weekend getting going without a live audience or most of its cast >> where is everybody? >> reporter: omicron cases doubling every two to three days. ahead of the holidays, the testing lines are eerily familiar. >> frustrating, to say the least. >> this is my third clinic i'm going to today in the last one hour. >> reporter: still authorities insist because of vaccines, boosters and effective treatments -- >> this is not march of 2020. it is not even december of 2020. >> reporter: according to the latest cdc data, here's the difference between those who are vaccinated and those who are not. among the unvaccinated, there are 451 covid cases per 100,000 people among those who are vaccinated, that number drops to 134 cases. among those boosted still lower, 48 cases. but here's the crucial part among the unvaccinated, there are six deaths per 100,000 people among the vaccinated, that drops considerably to 0.5. among those boosted, 0.1. >> we're seeing