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Frieden joins me now. the director says that variant could become dominant in the u.s. that is concerning considering how much trouble we've had with delta. we know that in south africa, covid cases are up 300% since this new variant was detected. are you concerned about this? >> jim, the plain truth is that it's shaping up to be a bad winter. delta is bad and omicron could well be worse. we've already got lots of delta in the u.s. lots of spread. increasing in many places. flu season starting and now the risk that omicron will be here widely spreading and there's a lot that we still don't kno...

Comes from a distant relative of the common cold. that is interesting. do you think omicron is just something we're going to have to live with, that it's just going to be around like regular colds? >> wone of the things that covi is teaching us is that we need to get the data. to respond eflktively to a health threat, you need to learn, act, and do. right now, there's a lot we know about covid and a lot we don't know. it does look like omicron is even more infectious that delta. whether that's because it gets around our immunity or spreads more readily, we don't know. whether it can evade our ...

Protein where at-home rapid tests might not work or might need to be redesigned for a different variant? >> it's absolutely possible. and that's why we do the work that we do, as soon as that kind of a movation occurs, we need to know immediately so we can go on to plan "b" or plan "c" or plan "d." we're prepared so if that happens, we have something to improve that can be used as quickly as possible. >> reporter: so the fda has approved over the counter at-home rapid antigen test kits from ten different companies. six got back to us and say they have been able to run the omicron variant and t...

But, whatever work becomes, the world works with servicenow. >> john: very shortly we are expecting the mayor to come out and talk about the very first case of the omicron variant that has been detected in the united states. it is a person who came in from south africa and entered on the 22nd of november they tested positive for omicron on the 29th after falling ill with symptoms that are said to be mild and improving. we'll bring you that just as soon as it happens. >> sandra: thank you. lots of news to get to and including the latest on inflation causing concerns in the markets we've seen. a...

>> john: we heard prescriptions from fauci a moment ago, albeit mild. give vaccinated or get man to make. no mask mandates or social lockdowns or anything. we will hear much more when the president lays out his plan to do with omicron. my question, senator, do we know enough about it to issue any kind of prescription question rick >> absolutely not and it would be foolish to have any public health policy come out t. anything that biden says will be unsupported by any science and it will be his gut protective government must do something. in all likelihood, government will do the wrong thing. w...