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The conservatives and it leads us to where we are today. thank you very much for that. _ the health secretary, sajid javid, has confirmed he�*s cutting the isolation period for people testing positive for covid in england. from monday, those with a positive result will be freed from isolation at the start of day six if they�*ve had negative tests on days five and six. it�*s hoped the move will ease pressure on employers hit by staff absences, including the nhs. it comes as the number of people in england waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to another record high during ...

But thankfully we have data from south africa, where omicron was first discovered. so we don't have to listen to anthony fauci. according to a brand-new study from that country, omicron has an 80% lower risk of hospitalization then passed covid variants. south africa's hospitalization rate even fell by 91% during the omicron wave. and less than 2% of all covid positive south africans were hospitalized. that is compared to 19% of covid positive south africans who were hospitalized in the third delta variant wave. health officials in south africa also added that the low hospitalization number is...

All of a sudden, they are like oh, wait, we were wrong, we overestimated omicron, we still have a lot more delta, but no one could get antibody treatments. they are completely fumbling this entire situation right now, and it is unfortunate. by the time they get their act together, the omicron wave will be over. >> that's the part that's unfortunate. people are suffering right now. they are scared. they don't know what to do. yet, this is where we are. but it does happen to be a new year. and we're also seeing a new crime spike, but one liberal-run city has a plan. the question is, will it work...

Are at the highest rate compared to any prior point in the pandemic. >> reporter: experts say with the rapid spread, vaccines, masks, and testing are more important than ever, but across the country, frustration over testing shortages. in florida, some are outraged after learning as many as a million rapid test kits expired during a period that saw testing lines stretching more than a mile. a new report out of the university of florida predicts 70 to 80% of the people living in the sunshine state will have contracted covid by the end of the omicron wave, making for choppy waters in industries ...

That all families and all americans have tests. we can't decide that in the weeks before a holiday. we need to decide that in the down time. we need to decide that in the summer. this pandemic did not just start. this pandemic has been going on for years and we have been talking about the baseline foundational issues that are important in order for families, teachers and students to be safe. >> yeah. i'm so sorry to interrupt you. i want to ask you a really quick question before you do. you're talking about testing. the omicron variant is so transmissive so i'm curious if people get it, like i...