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as somebody who has been eagerly awaiting her vaccine shot and having no idea when i would become eligible, i will tell you, i feel this personally. as the president made clear tonight, he's saying this doesn't necessarily mean all american adults are going to be vaccinated by the end of next month, by may 1st. but he is ordering all states and territories to open eligibility to all adults by no later than may 1st, which means you can get in line, which means you can start setting up your appointment, which means you can make your plans. any american adult who wants a shot will be fr...

having no idea when i would become eligible, i will tell you, i feel this personally. as the president made clear tonight, he's saying this doesn't necessarily mean all american adults are going to be vaccinated by the end of next month, by may 1st. but he is ordering all states and territories to open eligibility to all adults by no later than may 1st, which means you can get in line, which means you can start setting up your appointment, which means you can make your plans. any american adult who wants a shot will be free to sign up for one, and the president says his administratio...

Then if it mutates into something else, that what it would mutate into could actually be more dangerous. as you know, the current strain, for example in the u.s., has been more immune evasive but more mild. what is the likelihood a more dangerous strain could emerge? >> we don't know. i mean, we just don't know what could happen. in this case, there are new variants emerging all the time. every day there are new variants emerging. but the vast majority of them never take hold. the ones that take hold, that displace existing variants, tend to be ones that are more transmissible, not necessarily...

Back. many are saying that they don't become the viral load will less lethal overtime. and dr. marc siegel is here with us. what is your take on that? >> martha, the key here is how transmissible the virus is. omicron is extremely transmissible. the world health organization reported 15 million cases last week alone. that was 50% more than the week along. this thing is racing around the globe. in africa, less than 10% of the people are vaccinated. we're not slowing it down with vaccines. also in africa where omicron came from, there's a lot of untreated hiv. meaning the virus could be inside s...

>> which brings me to this question, this start of phenomenon being reported, these so-called omicron-getting parties where people want to catch the virus. how do you respond to the folks that are doing that? >> yeah, look, it's a natural temptation when you think about, alex, kind of, if you google the words, omicron mild, you'll just get flooded with results so if you hear that, like a cold, if you're vaccinated, it's not so bad, one would naturally think, hey, why don't i get it so it's out of the way now. here are three top reasons not to do it. you do not know if you will be the person wh...