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Of wanting to declare victory over this virus and over this pandemic. american people hear me. we'll be living with this for awhile but we got the tools and vaccinations and boosters that are effective against infection, 90% against hospitalization, 95% against death if you're fully vaccinated and boosted and unfortunately, one of the things that comes out of omicron beyond 22,000 people dying a day is many more will have baseline immunity there. we'll transition into an era where you're starting to see cases delinked from hospitalizations and from deaths moving forward but will get there quic...

The prediction of the swing and summer because every time it's happened, there is a new variant around the corner. there is a new variant that u.k. data suggests is more contagious than omicron but doesn't appear to be more severe. how do you deal with the new variants as you try to move back to normal? >> deal with it with honesty. don, we've talked about this before. both administrations were guilty of wanting to declare victory over this virus and over this pandemic. american people hear me. we'll be living with this for awhile but we got the tools and vaccinations and boosters that are eff...

An Omicron infection is 15 to 20 percent less likely to lead to hospitalization.  

They're talking about the omicron variant. i want to bring in dr. megan ranney. she is associate dean of epic health at brown university. hi, dr. ranney. do you agree that omicron appears less severe due to the baseline population. dr. gottlieb said it was 80% baseline immunity. what do you think? >> it's too early to draw firm conclusions about the severity of omicron. what most of us suspect is that the milder disease that folks are reporting does reflect the fact that in south africa and the u.k. and now in the u.s., we have a large population that are vaccinated. it's saying they are going...

With mucinex nightshift you've got powerful relief from your worst nighttime cold and flu symptoms. so grab nightshift to fight your symptoms, get your zzz's... and get back to your rhythm. ♪ the relief you need. the cash you want. a lot of people believe, including myself, the reason it's manifesting as a less severe illness is probably because we have baseline immunity in the population, so even though it's spreading by the immunity we've acquired, we have a baseline immunity that protects us from getting very sick. >> commissioner scott gottlieb.