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Dangerous variant to deal with, but it is impacting those that are worried that will slow the economy. ken, there's the worry, right? >> you know, i think that was the worry today. they succeeded with the headlines about new york is getting ready to close down and l.a. is closing down and they're more worried about the pace. if you want my opinion, i think the underlying issue is not that at all. the underlying issue is much more the recognition that the fed is going to move faster than what they expected. one of the fed governors said you could expect rates to move in march, which is two mont...

They expect omicron to be the dominant variant in the united states in the coming weeks. they're stressing that americans should masking and social distancing now and getting tested so that they can gather next week safely for the holidays. while this looks like last year in the u.s., white house officials say there's a difference. >> unlike last winder, we now have the power to protect ourselves. our vaccines work against omicron, especially for people that get booster shots when they're eligible. if you get covid, your case will be likely be asymptomatic or mild. >> fewer americans say this ...

Undermined, that was wrong. i don't know -- i don't have knowledge about it. >> neil: got it. all right. thanks, senator. bill cassidy of louisiana. >> thank you. >> neil: there's so many companies fighting for a protection to deal with this virus including moderna. the ceo chatted with me early on the new case omicron namely that it is so contagious. >> the problem with omicron is the transmissibility. 14% of those in south africa are in icu. so it does have the ability to hospitalize people for sure. as it comes to the northern hemisphere where we have different demographics, people with com...

Work at hospitals and they were telling me there were very perverse financial incentives for hospitals to say people were there with covid and because of covid and that they were doing it for financial gain from the government. >> well, it's hard to judge motivation. there is a financial difference between folks who are diagnosed with covid or not. i think this is an epidemic of cowardice. 70% of the patients dr. noble cessna little report from san francisco in her hospital were there for other reasons. people getting admitted to the hospital, they are getting tested. everyone gets tested. the...

The slate is clean in january, that's when the fed talk will get more aggressive and that's when the market will hit turbulence. then you're going to add in the they shut down the big cities and mandating people to stay home and locking people down. it's only going to feed itself for sure. i'm not really sure i'm getting the whole omicron thing. while i understand it's transmissable, we have therapeutics now. we have vaccines. the booster. we're in a much better position. people -- this is not covid 2020 where we had nothing. this is a new variant, which we get, that doesn't seem to be as dead...