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Picking up the omicron variant. can you help us make sense of this? >> absolutely. now, here's the thing. the fda and nih team look specifically at the take home tests and they found a few of them had lower sensitivities for omicron than other variants. because they can have false negatives even though people have the disease. here's the thing. they're good tests to start with especially if they come back positive, or if you're just testing because of the fact that you maybe had an exposure or at a gathering and don't have symptoms. if you have symptoms, you're absolutely right. even if you ha...

Good to be with you here, laura. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. two variants are reminding us why this virus isn't going away any time soon. the u.s. shattering its record for average daily cases more than doubling in two weeks, thanks to a combination of both delta and omicron. the cdc even adjusting its data now, showing delta still accounts for about 40% of these cases. hospitalizations are not spiking as fast, but experts still have concerns about the weeks ahead. >> there is no question that january will be filled with a lot of short-term challenges. h...

Are so hard to find. where do you come down on this? >> i actually agree with dr. adams. i talked with my patients about this. if you can imagine, we were all talking about this yesterday whenever i saw patients in the e.r.. the idea is really what we should be aiming for is that after five days, you don't have symptoms, you get a negative test. i mean, it is impossible to find tests in a lot of places. so the cdc is walking that fine line that they're not going to require tests to come out of isolation because they're hard to find. but they are asking people to wear masks for another five day...

Settlors, the de-escalation of tensions particularly with regard to concessions we are seeing coming out of this meeting with regards to money and also more permits and the like for palestinians. laura? >> very interesting. elliott, thank you. all right. let's get a little sports. cnn is updating its covid-19 protocols to be more in line with the cdc's new guidelines. coy wire is back with us with this morning's bleacher report. hey, coy. >> we saw a similar change to the nba policy. the nfl taking action as well. the league saying that any player who tests positive for covid-19 will have to...

Drizzly says 17% of wine delivered in december is actually champagne. it's kind of surprising. all right. turning back now to covid, it was considered just unthinkable a few months ago. the u.s. shattering its record for average daily covid cases more than doubling in two weeks alone. this is thanks to a combination of both omicron and delta, which the cdc now says hasn't fallen into the background as much as first thought. >> now the fda says at-home coronavirus tests may be less sensitive to picking up the omicron variant. that could send more people into those long testing lines, which co...