hospitalizations are reaching a record high. data shows more than 145,000 covid patients are hospitalized nationwide, this eclipses the record set last winter, essentially one year ago from this month. dr. fauci and leaders from the cdc, fda and hhs address the current surge in a senate hearing today. they took plenty of tough questions on the cdc s changing guidance and confusion over rapid testes. this is the right guidance for what we currently know about transmission and the real world circumstances we currently face. as we will learn more, we will continue to update accordingly. omicron is likely not to be the last curveball this virus throws at us. we can act very rapidly, but first i would like to say people should not use swabs that are designed as nasal swabs and try to swab their throat, they may stab themselves. that would not be good. we do know that tests are picking up omicron, but right now with less sensitivity than they did some of the other
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so you are making a catastrophic epidemic for your political gain. top infectious disease expert dr. anthony fauci called out senator rand paul during a congressional hearing today for doing what is clearly the republican end game, playing politics with people s lives. the harassment of dr. fauci illustrates what this country is up against even as public health officials offered grim testimony about what lies ahead. omicron is likely not to be the last curveball this virus throws at us. you do know tests are picking up omicron but right now withless sensitivity than they did other variants. most people are going to get covid. all right? we need to do is make sure the hospitals can still function, transportation, you know, other essential services are not disrupted while this happens.
The chorus for banning physical rallies has gained momentum as the country is witnessing a massive surge in Covid cases, fuelled by the highly contagious Omicron variant.