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Tonight a new study showing an omicron sub variant known as ba2 spreads faster and may cause more severe disease than omicron, itself. let's get some guidance on this from cnn medical analyst dr. jonathan reiner. good evening. tell me it isn't so. tell me it isn't so. >> i'm not sure there is really much data to suggest it is more severe than omicron. i think what the data does show is that it's probably clearly a more transmissible. >> 40% more contagious they say. it has been detected in 74 countries, 47 u.s. states. it may also cause more severe symptoms than the older variants but you said...

It's -- look, this happens. it is very predictable. we have to quit being surprised when the republican party acts like an autocratic movement and not a political party because that's what it is now. >> perhaps we should be surprised when they start to act like with some normalcy and put forth some policy and, you know, yeah. thank you, i appreciate you joining us. thanks a lot. state after state, city after city relaxing covid restrictions but with concerns about a new contagious sub variant is this the right time to do that? you guys blend rigight in. the world needs you back. i'm retired gr...

The omicron sub variant ba 2 has now become the dominant strain of covid-19 here in the united states. accounting for more than 50% of all cases according to the cdc. this comes as the fda expands the emergency use authorization of the pfizer and moderna vaccines. which allows adults age 50 and older to get a second booster. that's total of four shots. those eligible are able to get the shot four months after the first booster. shanghai is reporting 6,000 new covid infections. accounting for 70% of all new cases across the country. the out break is fuelling panic in china's financial hub. and ...

Second booster shot that comes just after the fda just signed off on the additional shot of the pfizer or moderna vaccine for people 50 and over. while new infections have been down recently, they are starting to creep up in a few states due to the highly contagious on the current sub variant ba.2. but now accounts for 55% the cases nationwide. health experts say it spreads faster than the original on the crime variant. so far, it has not been shown to show more severe symptoms. thank you for being here dr. gupta. i feel like we reached a point where people are less the frayed. even me, i am t...

The omicron sub variant ba 2 has now become the dominant strain of covid-19 here in the united states. accounting for more than 50% of all cases according to the cdc. this comes as the fda expands the emergency use authorization of the pfizer and moderna vaccine. which allows adults age 50 and over to get a second booster. bringing it to a total of four covid shots. those eligible are able to get the shot four months after the first booster. shanghai the engine of china's $18 trillion economy is tightening covid restrictions with the city of 25 million people now in day three of the covid lo...