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Of this is to break it down into the individual components. otherwise, it just becomes as overwhelming momorass, and it's hard to think you way through it. there's three things going on at the same time. first of all, you're seeing what we already predicted, a delta wave in the winter, just like we saw in the summer in the southern united states. now you're seeing a delta wave, and that's going to take over the rest of the country, just like covid-19 wave last winter. wasn't delta at that time. it was alpha, but now it's delta. that's still pretty transmissible and that's what you're seeing am...

Omicron is, is still in flux. >> reporter: there is some preliminary data that suggests it could be mild. first, early lab studies have found omicron may not attack the lungs like other variants. >> omicron replicates, multiplies in the upper airway and less well in the lung >> reporter: second, in south africa where omicron first took off, the headlines this weekend are stoking optimism hospitalizations are down 91% >> we can say one thing, it's not more severe what they have seen in south africa is they have had lower rates of hospitalization almost 1/3 less hospitalization than with the del...

Infections in cities and long lines of people waiting hours to get tested. today, the nhl and nba, and nfl all had to rearrange their plans as players tested positive. the infections nationwide are on top of the still ongoing delta wave that is taking more than one thousand lives a day if you are exhausted by all of this, who isn't, think of the health care workers. we know you have a lot of questions on what to do in the days leading up to christmas and the holidays themselves. first, kathy park leads off the coverage with the rapid rise of cases across the country. >> reporter: tonight a nat...

A few moments ago? >> actually, jim, somewhere in between. it's helpful if you understand its three major components. first components. we were expecting a delta wave, because we've not done a good enough job vaccinating the country. only 60% have gotten two doses. that means the unvaccinated, we've got a -- we're going to pile into hospitals anyway because of delta. that's point one. point two is we have the omicron variant superimposed. a lot of us were hopeful it would have a four to six-week lag from the time it started up in the uk. unfortunately it's more transmidsible, and it's here in ...

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