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Consistent along this line is anti-vaxor campaign. we cannot wax and wain. masks and whether it's necessary for those vaccinated. we have to be diligent in keeping our message consistent to say this is how we combat and hopefully start to catch up to what covid-19 is doing because right now covid is controlling the game. >> thank you for your candor and advice. appreciate it. while the omicron variant has not been detected in the u.s. yet, they are ready. new york declared a state of emergency in case of a spike in cases amid warnings the variant could be here in the country. let's go to tam...

What's your take on what we know so far? >> being it's early on, one thing i credit south africa is they have a pristine system because they are used to hiv and tb and have a system to track these things. we'll know we'll get more details and scientists came back and said these were a certain small group of persons that symptoms were mild and were they vaccinated, were they young and otherwise healthy? those are questions we need to know. as we see in these next couple days, we'll get more and more data. what we know for sure is covid-19, even the original strain, was compromised of health of ...

Negative pcr test. a very fast moving picture and a very difficult one for people trying to travel internationally right now. alex? >> indeed. okay. thank you so much, ralph sanchez, for that. joining me now is dr. eboni hilton. what's the most concerning thing that you've learned about this variant in the last 24 hours or so? >> the most concerning thing is that it is everywhere. we are targeting south africa as if that is the only place we have to be concerned with. we know that we've seen this variant in belgium, in germany, it's across our globe at this point. we are behind. that's nothing...

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Behind even further in vaccinating the globe so we have to make sure people are practicing basic public health measures which includes simply wearing a mask and n-95 mask at that. >> the u.s. is still dealing with delta and experts are predicting a winter covid surge in the coming weeks whether it's omicron or more of delta or something else that could develop. how much worse could the situation get if you're throwing omicron into the mix? >> very much worse. like i said, what we know at this point is that covid-19 has stuck to the game plan. it has not changed its mission. it has not changed ...