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Language around what it means to be fully vaccinated, jake. >> but they haven't done it yet, not officially. thanks omar jimenez. joining us, dr. sanjay gupta. let's start with these three new reports showing boosters offer the best protection against hospitalization and severe illness from the omicron variant. what are the most important takeaways for you tremendous th from these studies? >> i think there's been conjecture around this. first of all, when it comes to cases, i'll show you hospitalizations in a second. when it comes to cases, they compared unvaccinated to fully vaccinated to b...

160,000 people are hospitalized with covid right now. that's a record high. but as cnn's omar jimenez reports, the number of daily cases are actually trending down, even as some hospitals are growing more crowded by the day. >> the reason this january is so dramatically different from last january is because we have the tools we need to protect people. >> reporter: being boosted has never been more important. >> protection against infection and hospitalization with the omicron variant is highest for those who are up to date with their vaccination, meaning those who are boosted when they are el...

Doses, after six months, the vaccines were 76% effective against urgent care and emergency department visits. primarily during the delta surge. during omicron, that fell to 38%. and for the unvaccinated, new cdc data shows those 65 and older were nearly 50 times more likely to be hospitalized last month than those who were boosted. >> these new studies should erase any doubt about the importance of boosters at this point in the pandemic. i think there's been unfortunately so much muddled messaging that made it sound like boosters are a nice to have rather than something that's really essential...

Care and emergency department visits primarily during the delta surge. during omicron, that fell to 38%. and for the unvaccinated, new cdc data shows those 65 and older were nearly 50 times more likely to be hospitalized last month than those who were bostoned. >> these new studies should erase any doubt about the importance of boosters at this point in the pandemic. i think there's been, unfortunately, so much muddled messaging that made it sound like boosters are a knife to have, rather than really something essential. >> reporter: so far less than half of those eligible to get boosters have...

So dramatically different from last january is because we have the tools to protect people. >> reporter: being boosted has never been more important. >> protection against infection and hospitalization with the omicron variant is highest for those who are up to date with their vaccinations, meaning those who are boosted when they are eligible. >> reporter: one cdc study published friday looked at 88,000 hospitalizations across ten states in december and january when omicron has been dominant, finding being boosted was 90% effective at preventing hospitalization during omicron. only slightly do...