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>> i take sort part in fact that united kingdom and den kmark is usually about two weeks ahead of us are seeing a decline many this omicron peak. hopefully that will be true here. it was story in south africa. this was last winter. last winter we didn't have a vaccine available. we didn't have nearly the level of population immunity as we have this year. this year probably is solid 80% of the population is protected against severe disease. i do think that in combination with the fact this is a winter virus and like all winter virus, it will start to fade as we move into early spring, i'm optim...

Vaccination, i would recommend strongly stay away from that this year. >> the government of south africath now says that pass through the omicron peak without a spike in deaths. that gives a lot of hope to a number of countries struggling with the very end. bret. >> steve, the fda has not made decision on the boosters for kids but there seems to be a disagreement betweenag dr. fauci and the world health organization on this. >> the who is clearly taking a shot at the us. the director pretty much cannot ands, said that rich countries like the us should not be giving boosters two children while ...

Would recommend strongly stay away from that this year. >> the government of south africa now says it passed through the omicron peak without a spike in deathsna. certainly gives a lot of hope to a number of countries struggling with the variant. bret? >> bret: you know, steve, the fda has made a decision on these boosters. but for kids, for example, but it seems to be a disagreement between dr. fauci and the world health organization on this. >> bret, the w.h.o. is clearly taking a shot at the u.s. the director pretty much came out and said that the rich countries, like the u.s., should not b...