officials like dr. anthony fauci, they've been warning us as soon as the omicron variant was anywhere it was likely going to be everywhere very quickly. we shouldn't expect to be able to keep this new variant out. well, sure enough, we went to bed with there being one case in the united states. by the end of the day today it is no longer just the one case in california. it's the case in california, case in minnesota, case in colorado. tonight the governor of new york kathy hochul announced there are five known cases in new york. probably since i have been talking that list is out of date. there will undoubtedly be more. just like they said it would be. it is definitely here essentially instantly. and depending on how it competes with the delta strain, which is dominant in the united states right now, it may well be that omicron takes over and becomes our new dominant coronavirus variant. how will it be different than delta? i mean, we'll learn the answers