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They haven't moved tonight but i would anticipate we hear something in a matter, certainly of weeks, if not days from -- from the supreme court. >> and, kaitlan, if the vaccine mandates are struck down, either completely or in part, what is the next step for the administration? >> i think it is a really tough one for them, anderson, because one of the most aggressive steps that you saw president biden take when it came to that period in september, when the delta wave had swept across the u.s. and there was a sense of frustration where people just were not getting vaccinated. the unvaccinated w...

But our hospitalizations are still being driven by the delta wave. and we believe that's true because we know that hospitalizations tend to lag behind the acute rise in cases. so, right now, most of our hospitalizations reflect delta, lots of patients, at the same time, our staff are being hit by omicron and all of the other reasons from this seasonal flu and things like that, that will keep them from working. it is for us, almost a double pandemic. and that's really the challenge. keeping people healthy. so we can keep our patients healthy. >> and doctor, just to clarify for those at home tha...

Of cases. >> it is more relevant to focus on the hospitalizations as opposed to the total number of cases. dr. anthony fauci yesterday offering a really helpful framing as we confront this latest covid wave, right? the point he's making is that the case numbers, it's worth watching, but they may not be the most consequential thing right now, if most of the cases we're getting with this omicron wave are cases in which people aren't getting particularly sick. i mean, with this new wave of covid infections, we're having cases around the country, new infections have gone so much that the chart sho...

Experts with the nfl most successful and richest league in the world. the nfl is saying if you are asymptomatic, there is no reason to test, number one, if you do have the virus, you can't spread it that's according to the nfl chief medical officer they concluded asymptomatic people do not spread the virus. giving players a chance to test out way before 10 days is what they want. they had 154 players testing positive over the last two weeks. so they have a huge issue, the nba, a huge issue, but they have their own medical teams. they are saying that this is -- we have to learn to live with it ...

Although in south africa, for example, which has a lower vaccination rate than the u.s. there's also a lot of seropref lens. a lot of people had covid. coming off a huge delta wave. those combine for some sort of patchwork of immunity wall, right? >> exactly. for sure. >> dr. spencer, let me ask you, we talked to you throughout this pandemic. you've worked all over the world in very intense situations of viral outbreaks. you were a doctor during the ebola crisis. you were in new york during this first wave. i mean, what's your perspective on this data, what it means, first for new york but the...