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More people are going to get sick, more people hospitalized and more people will die. still ahead, we have about 1200 deaths per day in the united states and in about a month, we'll reach that horrible milestone of a million americans dead. so right now, if you've not been boosted, now is the time to get boosted. >> just an unbelievable figure to hear that come out of your mouth, a million americans dead in two years. you've been warning that mask mandates were lifted too soon. how does that factor into any of these new variants and a new rise in cases? >> we've been in a lull, and always welc...

Cdc director rochelle walensky is calling attention to a subvariant of omicron called ba.2 that appears to be highly transmissable. w walensky says hospitalizations could rise. >> ba.2 accounts for nearly a quarter of all new covid cases. elizabeth cohen has more. elizabeth, just when the mask mandates are being lifted across the country, now we have a new subvariant. what do we know? >> right. i think that's the reality. when you lay back on mitigation efforts, you're going to see cases go up. let's talk about this new omicron subvariant. this number is pretty striking, ba.2, the subvariant. ...

Variant may be more transmissible than, krohn but we are still seeing natural immunity, vaccine induced immunity is providing good protection against severe illness and that is the goal. when we move forward it will not be about universal mandates, just like when you think about seasonal allergies and you see pollen updates, people who have seasonal allergies know that pollen levels are high and take certain precautions, maybe we need covid alerts in the same way so people who are at higher risk or vulnerable can take those precautions but for the general population at this point we cannot see...

About the nuclear, the threat of using nuclear weapons. you had a very strong response to that. i'm not sure if it was online or if you said it on television which was if you can explain it. >> i basically said when you're talking about putting people at risk, putting not only soldiers at risk but entire populations in this case, when a military commander goes into an operation he or she weighs risk and potential mitigation efforts. so as you send someone to attack a hill for example you say if i go to the north or the south there is more risk in one way if i put more forces in, lead off with ...