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The omicron variant is now in every state in the us, and is spreading faster than any of the previous iterations of the virus. the cdc says omicron now accounts for 73% of all us cases, though the vast majority of the 1,300 daily deaths are still caused by the delta variant, because deaths lag a few weeks behind infections. the highly contagious nature of omicron means an unprecedented number of cases across the country is likely in the coming days and weeks. as it stands, the daily us covid case count is already higher than the peak of the delta wave. what's less clear is what that this all m...

Packed by omicron, hopefully less severe than delta. i have to go to great lengths to say not yet peer reviewed. what do you make nevertheless of that information? >> so i'd be very careful about it, michael, and here's why. both in south africa and in the u.k. their omicron came -- dovetailed right into their big delta wave. it's not like it went down and now it's going up like here in the united states. so a lot of the people who got omicron were actually omicron reinfections upon delta. that may have mitigated the severity of some of the illness and gave the false impression that it's less ...

Performing tests or those without data. by balancing speed with safety we have taken numerous actions to accurate and reliable at-home tests. mike barnicle, you have the next question. >> yes. specifically what tests were destroyed? what were the tests aimed at achieving? >> that's not my reporting. that's "the new york times" reporting. abbott labs said later complete tests weren't destroyed but they did shut down a factory and the reason for that is over the summer of 2021 we had the vaccines. people were pretty certain were work and would stop the pandemic. we had a widespread uptake proble...

Vaccination rate than the u.s., there is also a lot of zero prevalence, they're a lot of people have had covid, they were coming off of a huge delta wave in that country, so those combined form a patchwork of immunity wall, right? >> exactly. yes, for sure. >> doctor spencer, let me ask you we have spoken to you throughout this pandemic you worked all over the world in very intense situations of viral outbreak he, you were a doctor during the ebola crisis, you were in new york during the first wave, what is your perspective on this data, first for new york but then let's zoom out for the hospi...

-- hospitalizations from the delta wave that never sort of subsided. and now it sort of moving northeast, we've also got the staffing issues. here in new york city, got a lot of staff in new york city hospitals that are tight that are testing positive. -- basically you can't search a circuit that's been burned out. and there's simply no few zeke that can fix the fact that we're fried. there's just a certain level of constraint that's going to make this difficult either way. even if that real world data is encouraging in terms of severe illness. >> right, in march 2020, like i wrote we were wor...