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Omicron variant but so far those who have had it have mild symptoms. we will make sense of all of this.

Screen: 60% of the population feels like they are worn-out by the pandemic. does that lead to less cooperation, the loss of public trust? >> 2 does. -- it does. the worst thing you can do in public health is tell people to things they won't do. kids will wear masks from kindergarten until college graduation. look at the massive over-response of colleges and universities now to require boosters because of a fear of omicron being more lethal which it does not appear to be? they are requiring boosters in young low risk people. >> trace: pfizer said this

For an omicron specific vaccine and the current vaccines give protection against the omicron variant. >> trace: more on that later on. jacqui heinrich, thanks. >> sandra: senator tom cotton. the senate repealed the biden federal vaccine mandate for businesses. many republicans made the case this is too brutal on businesses still trying to recover. even if the house approves this, it faces a 53ses a biden veto. what do you believe is the fate? >> i was pleased a bipartisan majority in the senate blocked this. the magertie of americans are

Fox business network and i will join you. >> trace: the world health organization is warning that omicron is spreading faster than any covid variant and elected officials are cracking down with mask mandates in new york and california but so far omicron cases appear to be mild and 70% of adults are vaccinated. critics say the panic is overblown. here is a doctor from john hopkins school of public health and the smartest guy we know. thanks for joining us. we don't have any deaths from the u.s. from omicron but they are trying to scare the daylights out of us. the nih director said there is a g...

Should we pause on this before we frighten the whole world and see what data comes in? >> trace, there is nothing we should be doing differently. i wish as part of that statement that he gave he would reveal the results of a research study done at nih showing the activated t-cells from immunity encompass omicron as they did delta. the u.k. only 10 hospitalizations and 1 death worldwide. >> trace: you talk about people being scared and losing public trust. this poll, i will put it on the