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Four days. and you just have to look at the projections of what that means and, yeah, we are in for a lot of cases of people getting infected with this virus. >> reporter: the pace of spread has health officials concerned that the omicron variant will overwhelm america's health system again. across the country, icu beds are already nearly 80% full. >> this may be the most contagious virus that civilization has faced in our lifetimes. >> health officials continue to stress that getting boosted is now more important than ever. moderna announcing today its 50 microgram booster shot increases anti...

That definitely happens. as a general rule, children get infected less frequently, and less severely. that doesn't mean they can't be infected and infected severely. in terms of the vaccine, we know with a greater than 12-year-old the dose. was micro. the 5 to 11-year-old, the dose was 10 micro gram. it looks like there was a varied respons the fda advisory committee have not seen the data. when we see them, then we'll be able to make a reasonable decision. >> dr. paul offit, we appreciate your expertise. thank you so much. >> thank you. in the line of fire, police officers gunned down on du...

Gram doses provided a similar immune response to two 100-gram doses. but it was not that effective in preventing infections by the omicron variant. despite that, moderna plans to ask the fda to authorize use of the vaccine for ages 6-11 in the coming weeks. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the united states declaring russia has committed war crimes in ukraine. "the lead" starts now. a theater sheltering innocent civilians and a children's hospital, these are some of the targets of russian strikes turning ukrainian neighborhoods into dust. president biden about to land in brussels for ...

Harvard will start their spring 2022 semester online. in atlanta they have reinstated an indoor mask mandate. so much being done to stop the latest wave of covid-19. >> nick, thanks very much. nick valencia reporting. let's get more on all of this. dr. paul burton is joining us the chief medical officer for the drug maker moderna. doctor, thank you so much for joining us. for people who are fully vaccinated and boosted with moderna shots, is it clear exactly how much protection they now have from the new omicron variant? >> wolf, we've produced some lab data this week showing either the 50 mic...

Arms, but it's going to take a number of weeks for that process to work its way through. >> okay. so the trial used, as i understand, correct me if i'm wrong a 10 micro gram dose lower than the 31 that is used for people 12 and older. >> yes. >> are you confident the smaller dose is enough protection? >> the data certainly seems to suggest that. we want to use the lowest dose possible in chirp because chirp are not small adults and we want to be mindful of safety concerns. with children, we want to use the minimum dose that's necessary to induce a response. we saw with 10 micro grams in this a...