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Who were in the sort of first sample of south africa who seemed like they got less sick, they were a young eric healthier cohort where traditionally they don't gets a ill. >> that's right. in south africa, because of the percentage of some of the provinces that have chronic conditions, provinces that have chronic conditions, and higher unvaccination rates because they were in the part of the world that did not get the vaccines. the vaccines are hopeful. so we are watching what's happening there to see how much omicron has played a role in that. that could predict what we may see in the united ...

Axios have done a great job in tracking omicron. what's our severity. >> you just had dr. patel talked a little bit about the booster, i am glad our reporting suggests what she's saying, too. boosters are effective against this new omicron variant. symptoms is milder. this could be one of the fewer final variants that we are going the see for a while and it's not going to affect as much as we have seen the past variant like delta and the original covid-19, that does not mean people should be relaxed and preliminary you can take it straight to the bank and that you should not do anything else b...

Pfizer said its booster helps with omicron but the two-dose vaccine may not be enough. what's your sense on the booster shot as a whole? should we expect a similar result from moderna? when will we know about that? and is this the proof that every america should be getting the third shot? >> yeah, jonathan, i think it is. and i think it will be changing what is the definition of fully immunized. i think that will happen sooner than later. and i do think moderna's data is days behind. this is lab data, so it's not real world data from pfizer, jonathan. the current vaccines will likely hold, but...

It's walgreens season. time now for business. for that let's bring in cnbc's julianna tatelbaum from london. all three indices are brushing off omicron. is it safe to say, wait for it, santa claus rally is starting to take shape on wall street? >> the narrative so far is omicron is not as severe. whether it continues from here to year end, right now u.s. futures indicate a weak start to the trading session. for the week the u.s. stockmarkets have been incredibly strong, on pace for their best week since february. this afternoon the investors will turn to the labor market.