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You're asking. >> and the issue of how this variant is affecting people as far as, you know, hospitalizations, the severity, what does it look like as far as severity in these first cases? >> the anecdotal reports we're hearing out of south africa is that people are presenting with more fatigue and cough and some congestion, but aren't requiring hospitalization. and i certainly hope that those reports continue to hold, because that would be really a stroke of good luck if that's the case. the worst-case scenario would be if this is more infectious and it causes more severe disease, but we have...

Thank you for being with me. dr. ramirez, there's three top concerns when it comes to variants, transmissibility, severity of disease, and most importantly, vaccine efficacy. tell us what we know about the variant right now. >> so thing the take-home point is despite all of the anecdotal reports coming out of south africa and all of these other places is we really need a few more weeks to know for sure. one of the cautionary points i'm giving folks now, as we look back to the beginning days of the pandemic, there were times that we thought that this virus didn't infect kids, and we only knew t...

Know that these companies, like pfizer and moderna, they can make it happen within weeks, jose. and also, we know, like preliminary report from novavax, that they're working on a specific vaccine that also attacks the omnicron variant. so if that's the case, we can be assured that good things will follow in a matter of weeks. i would say two or three weeks, they can make it happen. >> mauricio gonzalez and dr. mario ramirez, thank you both for being with me this morning. appreciate it. time now for a look at the headlines out west. we start with breaking news. sources tell cnbc twitter ceo j...

The homeowner’s son spoke with FOX 11’s Mario Ramirez and says his mother became ill during the pandemic. He said after moving in to care for her, he began moving piles of her belongings from the backyard to the front of the home.

Viral memes can often be quite misleading. However, this one was spot-on.