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New york state also modifying its own policy for essential workers, cutting the isolation time to five days >> health care, transportation, grocery stores, all the things that we have identified are important, that they can get back to work as soon as it is safe to do so. >> reporter: experts pointing to more changes to come begin the need for everything from bus drivers to supermarket cashiers. >> i think many states and many employers will follow suit simply because of staffing. >> reporter: tonight rising cases temporarily dimming lights on broadway, where breakthrough cases are blamed for ...

Weekly rate of cases, just cases of covid in new york city, by vaccination status. omicron is making itself known in the last two weeks. the purple line at the top is folks unvaccinated. the orange is vaccinated. if you are unvaccinated you have a very good chance of getting covid right now. if you are vaccinated you are also still ek posed to be sure. i can tell you anecdotally. i think it has gotten a little lost as we've covered breakthrough cases there is still a very, very sizable difference in risk and exposure in just transmission. it is particularly true of serious illness. covid speci...

Weeks. officials announced today tickets will now not be sold to the general public. and back in this country, a high profile positive test result, general mark milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, has tested positive for covid. we're told he is fully vaccinated and boosted. suffering very minor symptoms. working remotley. and we are told that crucially his last meeting with president biden was last wednesday and before and after that meeting, milley tested negative. >> all right. nick, wishing him a speedy and full recovery. joining us is dr. peter hotez, from texas children's hos...

>> will the president update his language at some time to be more reflective of the fact that people who are triple vaccinated are catching and spreading covid? >> i think the president has said, as have we, there will be breakthrough cases, people who get covid here at different media organizations, at companies around the world, around the country who have been vaccinated. but there is a significant difference between being hospitalized or dying and being vaccinated with more mild symptoms. >> last one, you guys have been very aggressive countering covid misinformation. what do you guys thin...

Psaki. brian, thank you so much. so a tragic trend, public personalities downplaying covid, trashing the vaccine, some are dying of covid. john avlon with a reality check. >> as omicron rages across the country, confusion reigns to many folks as well. after all, breakthrough cases are rising fast, and that's causing some people to get cynical while others double down on vaccine disinformation. folks like right wing commentator candace owens who told followers that she wouldn't take the vaccine, even on her death bed. that echoes blusters from sarah palin who said she would only get a shot, q...