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Joining us now. good to see you, doctor. what do you see of the nationwide numbers right now with the calendar now right between thanksgiving and christmas, new year's, hannukah holiday season. >> it's very concerning to see such high levels right now, and omicron probably hasn't hit its stride yet within our population, and with the holidays coming like you suggest it, we're going to see more of a spike so we're going into the season with already high levels. we're going to see more spiking and we're going to see our hospital systems overwhelmed. many are already overwhelmed talking to my col...

Visit me here for the holidays. listen, tomorrow president biden is expected to layout a comprehensive plan for fighting covid in the coming months. what's the most critical thing that needs to happen here? >> there are a couple really important things. the first is i want to see a vaccine mandate for all international travelers, not just foreign nationals but also american citizens. i would of course love to see that domestically, as well but the chance of that is little to known. ex end tl tend extending the mask mandate is important. i want the federal government to step up in terms of rapi...

Majority of jabs, with thanksgiving and family gatherings two days away. >> not only do boosters work, they work even better than the peak dose, the peak response after the second dose. >> reporter: it comes just as new infections and hospitalizations climb nationwide, pushing some e.r.s back to the brink all over again but despite the troubling trend, dr. tyson bell says there are ways to protect your family for the holidays >> for my family, everyone who is eligible, who is gathering is going to be vaccinated. i'm having a smaller gathering than i would normally have, five or six adults, and...

But tonight, there is more promising data on the vaccine in adolescents. pfizer reporting its shots were safe and 100% effective at preventing covid in 12 to 15-year-olds for at least four months. new covid cases are ticking up across 32 states, with overall infections up 42% in the last four weeks. >> we're dealing with a much more contagious variant than we did before. >> reporter: overwhelmed hospitals in michigan reportedly asking the pentagon for emergency staff. and in minnesota, the national guard is now training teams to help ease nursing shortages. and david, michigan hospital officia...

The government used covid-19 to strip you of your first amendment right, freedom of speech and right of association. voting was altered. prisons emptied. these emergency powered fundamentally quhaingd america. a virus so threatening the survival rate was 99%. now that we have the vaccine the threat is done but the imagine powers linger. president biden said this. >> we are taking steps to con front not just the gun -- confront not just the gunny is but what is a public health crisis. >> this is clearly one of those moments, one of those issues that's harming america's health, something has to ...