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From covid right now. the country averaged 1296 new doeftsd. that's not a big jump in what we've seen in the past two weeks, but it is a rise. certainly in the deaths. pushing medical centers to the brink. we should note most of the severely ill patients are unvaccinated. delta remains the dominant strain of covid in the united states, but experts predict that omicron could take over delta in a matter of weeks. with that in mind, let's dig into what we know about omicron. for starters, we know it's on the move in the united states. just two weeks ago, the variant was only in about a dozen stat...

Covid. maybe it's omicron, but a lot more people are getting tested. a lot more people are testing positive. what is it that you think the president might be telling the nation on tuesday? >> my expect is that he's probably going to come out with at least some incremental improvement to the way in which we're able to track this thing? so since the beginning of the pandemic, we heard lots of discussion last year when donald trump was president about the ways in which the government could be doing more, making rapid at-home tests available more easily, making high-quality masks available to peop...

The pfizer vaccine causes roughly 70% protection from serious illness or death. being vaccinated helps, but you should get a booster shot to give yourself even more protection. here's president biden's chief medical adviser, dr. anthony fauci. >> our booster regimens work against omicron. at this point, there's no need for a variant-specific booster. so the message remains clear. if you are unvaccinated, get vaccinated, and particularly in the arena of omicron, if you are fully vaccinated, get your booster shot. >> now, one caveat. if you are planning to get your first two vaccines or a booste...