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Would last longer and better target omicron and its subvariants. for now, the cdc is strengthening its booster recommendation, saying immunocompromised americans over 12 and everyone over 50 should get their second booster shot. >> we have a lot of infection out there right now. and what i am recommending to basely everybody over 50 is, given how much infection there is, given that extra layer of protection that the second booster offers, that there's no reason to wait. people should go out and get that second shot. >> reporter: and in those areas of high transmission, the cdc again telling pe...

On a friday night. whit, thank you. as many have said, one of the keys to reopening the country may be testing for antibodies to see if americans had been exposed to the virus and might have some immunity. it would offer some reassurance as families decide if it's safe to go back to work. tonight we're with the researchers with the experimental test checking for antibodies, a simple pinprick. tonight, the government, do they have the ability to get tens of millions of tests ready and quickly? here's abc's kaylee hartung tonight. >> reporter: tonight, on the front lines of a key battle in the...

Some sort of proof they they have immunity from the virus? what dr. anthony fauci said about that today. we'll carefully get through it all again tonight. and egin wit johnson here prsi for the first time since the outbreak began in new york, more people leaving those intensive care units than going in. the rate of hospitalizations down. >> as someone who searches for solace in all this grief, the leveling off of the number of lives lost is a somewhat hopeful sign. >> reporter: the death toll slightly lower but appearing to hold steady at a staggering loss -- 777 people dying in the last 24 ho...

Was there ever a moment where you thought you might not make it? >> i had many moments like that. in fact, at least two days' worth. i just could not breathe. quite frankly i was frightened. but on top of that, to see my daughter at the same time was very difficult. >> we're glad to see him back and well, and the fact that father and daughter watched each other through that glass, what a powerful thing. whit, i do want to get back to what the president did say late today, about what he acknowledged would be his most difficult decision about how and when to reopen this country. he was asked abo...