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So i think with all of this we're going to be learning so much more over the next week and a half in terms of transmissability, in terms of severity of illness and vaccine protection, so right now there's a lot of speculation going on. so the speculation that i'm speaking with you about is maybe about as valid as anybody else's is but we'll see how it plays out. but i don't see -- i don't see the apocalypse coming. i think we're going -- i think we're going to be okay as a nation if we can get everybody vaccinated and this gets to the final point. you know, what we do, whether there's omicron ...

Question i canned. we have had it described to us, this new variant, as having a very large number of mutations, a large number of mutations specifically effecting the spike protein, which has been a real target for the development of our vaccines. can you tell us why a large number of mutations is worrying and why that's bad, why the spike protein mutations might be worying or bad? >> we have some experience with some of these mutations because we've seen some of those mutations in other variants, and those mutations can affect transmissibility and they can affect how well our vaccines work. ...

Other than there are over 50 mutations and 30 on the spike protein that the virus attaches to human cells. the nature from what we have seen can do a couple of things. one is increasing transmissability. if you have it, you are likely to pass it on to somebody else. there is concern the way the few mutations look, it is similar to others. there is a concern that none of the other mutations, beta and lambda have taken over is delta is king of the hill. if you all of a sudden are seeing variant that has mutations that may both cause greater transmissability, but also decrease efficacy of the cur...

Life-saving protection. if you have not gotten your vaccine or not taken your children to get vaccinated, now is the time. he sent a message to the global community. the united states has donated more vaccines to other countries than every other country combined. it is time for other counties to match america's speed and generosity. joining me is dr. bedehlia. she is a contributor to msnbc and a friend to the show on the topic for far too long. good to see you. dr. fauci talked about the degree of transmissability. are we talking about mortality or infectiinfectiousness? what does this mean wi...

Having me on this morning. what they've seen actually is in johannesburg, a rapid increase in cases over a short period of time. and so there's concern that this increase transmissability, and with this variant, it has shown about 32 different mutations. some involving spiked protein. there's also concern that this variant may be able to evade the immune response. so it may render vaccines or antibody treatment less effective. however, there are more questions than answers right now. and the w.h.o. has said over the next two weeks more data will be collected so we can determine whether this va...