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Now, in terms of its severity, health officials say it's too early to tell if omicron causes more severe illness than other variants, but evidence to date suggests that cases are actually less severe. the cdc conducted a study of 43 people infected with the omicron virus, three quarters of whom were vaccinated. only one person in the entire group was hospitalized. thus far, seven people have died from omicron, all in the united kingdom. so that's what we know about that. let's talk about vaccines. due to the mutations in omicron's genetic code, the variant is somewhat able to evade antibodies ...
Prior variants. and many of the mutations have been associated with more transmissible variants, with evasion of some of our therapeutics, and potentially invasion of -- evasion of some of our immunity. that is what we're watching really carefully. >> researchers believe it shares genetic code with the common cold which makes it more transmissible. however, initial data suggests although it is easier to catch you might not get as sick. but look, we just don't know for sure. still, world leaders aren't taking any chances, opting for a grab bag of do it yourself measures to try and stop the spre...
Chris: welcome back to the reagan national defense forum. now the latest on the developing story. the highly mutated covid very omicron has now been detected in 44 countries and spread to 16 states here in the u.s. health officials are racing to learn more about the new variant. were also dealing with another surge of the delta virus. joining is now u.s. surgeon general vivek murthy. doctor, it's been a little bit more than a week since the world first learned about the omicron variant. i would go over some of the initial findings so far. the variant is spreading more than twice as fast as del...
His single life now saving multiple others. justin was 17. the latest coronavirus variant, omicron, is moving around the globe with astonishing speed. it's a wave that's maybe feudal by a piece of genetic code that omicron copied from another highly contagious coronavirus, the common cold. in south africa, where omicron was first found, covid cases have quadrupled since tuesday. it's now been detected in at least 40 countries and the u.s. is no exception. cases have now been confirmed in at least 16 states. but experts insist there's no reason to panic. no deaths have been reported from this...