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There and possibly lead to another surge in cases that we can't afford at this time given that hospitals here in new york city are already seeing exponential increase in cases. >> we know the governor of new york said cases haven't peaked yet. that said, do we have hope that it could be on the horizon? south africa passed a fourth wave, on the other side of omicron. is that good news for us? any evidence our wave could end as quickly? >> you know, lindsey, it is hard to say because south africa has different population than we do, one. they also have different percentage of people vaccinated a...

Let's talk politics coming up to the first anniversary of joe biden's presidency. one big thing he wanted to be judged on was fighting this pandemic. you have the weird situation now where republicans are saying see? see? he failed to control the pandemic. he failed to keep covid under control. meanwhile they're cheering on the supreme court as it knocks down mandates, cheering on governors who stop any kind of mitigation measures. >> yeah. well, i think that is a tall order for anybody and i wrote the week joe biden was elected that expecting just joe biden getting elected and getting donald ...

Weather advisory -- winter olympics. what is china doing to ensure that covid doesn't kill olympic dreams for the athletes? >> reporter: fredricka, 26 days. athletes competing here next month in the beijing winter games are going to be extremely limited in what they're allowed to do. beijing olympic officials talk about a closed loop bubble which limits athletes' movements and will offer organizers a level of control never before seen before at any olympic games. under this closed loop bubble athletes must essentially stay in place from the time they arrive until the time they depart and for t...

Two of my favorites. thank you both so much for being with us. dr. gounder, paint a picture for us. what would this change in strategy look like, let's say, in the next month? >> well, i think we've been very focused on vaccination as the way out of this. don't get me wrong. vaccination is number one, number two, number three most important tools in the toolbox. but understanding that we cannot eliminate covid, we cannot eradicate covid, we will have to continue to coexist with it if we want to bring the levels of hospitalizations and deaths in line with what we've had pre-covid from other res...

Now we're fortunate to have a milder variant that for more children is producing milder disease but is moving swiftly across the region. after two years of mitigation measures to kind of push back in a direction of max security, the reality is we're in a better place. with milder disease in most children, the goal now is to simplify the process by which schools can manage moving forward and keep kids in schools. >> martha: yeah. you know, there's been some guidance put out by the department of education. we asked them to send us what they recommended in terms of making up for learning loss and...