population like this. they can multiply, multiply among people who haven t naturally been exposed to covid and that s when you get variants. is that naturally going to happen? are we going to get a variant out of this situation? who knows. the key is surveillance. we heard paula talking about it just now. let s take a look at the number of sequences that have been shared by three different countries. because the way this works is countries do their own surveillance and say we have this variant, that variant and we re going to post this on this public website everyone can see. the u.s. in the past six months has posted more than 576,000 sequences to say this is what we re seeing, world. the uk has mosted more than 123000. china has posted 412. and china is bigger than either of those two countries. so that s the concern, there s not enough surveillance and something could pop up and the world would not have enough
issues. all of a sudden those restrictions got lifted and people don t need to be in quarantine. that s a great opportunity for the virus to mutate because it gets to infect lots and lots of people. the more people it infects, the more chance it has to sort of change things up and turn into a new variant. does it mean it s going to turn into a horrible variant? absolutely not. that is why you do surveillance. various countries around the world, they take samples from people s noses. is the this a new variant or something we ve already seen? countries take samples from people s noses and they post i online and everybody gets to see them. let s take a look at how many gets posted. the more the better. the more you know the better. in the u.s. in the past few months folks have posted more than 576,000 sequences, you can think of them as noses really. in the u.k. 123,000.
in china and spreading? they re not panicked, but they are for sure concern. you talked about this surge in china. viruses love surges. it gives them an opportunity each and every person they infect. it s a new opportunity to mutate, to become something bigger, better, stronger. also, they might mutate into something that s not so strong, but they might mutate into something strong. so what each country does is they monitor the variants in their country, and they raise their hand and say, wait a second. i m seeing something bad here. that s what happened with omicron in south africa. the authorities there said something, funny s going on here. they raised their hands a year ago. let s look at the sequencing that s been done in china. the wait it works is you swab someone s nose and you analyze it and you post that sequence to an online website so everyone can see it. so in the past six months, the u.s. has posted more than 576,000 sequences and more is better.
can charge a stage, attack a performer with a knife, and only getcharged with a misdemeanor. what does that say. what do they get away with on public transit, your local grocery store. it s such a stark reminder. tim, if you would, how far along are you on the recall effort? how many signatures? how far do you need to get and what s your timeline? yes. so as of may 1st we crossed the 400,000 signature threshold. we need to collect 576,000 signatures from registered voters in los angeles counsel by by july 6. so we re at the make or of break phase of the campaign. we believe there s a viable path to success if we don t let up or get come play september. complacent. how are you exec? people can feel what gascon is doing. i talked to people that live in los angeles and the aura of
infections this week compared to last week. eight states holding steady. 34 states, the clear majority of states reporting fewer new covid infections this week compared to last week. that is good news. now the good news is from a high base line. this is the peak of omicron. thursday, 576,000, nearly 570,000 new cases. that s a big number but down 28% from the january peak. the seven-day average. which the experts say this should continue down. omicron shall recede. time for the biden administration, if you look at the headlines. a number of experts have said, what next? please tell us what next? among them, dr. scott gottlieb. the situation now is we have much more immunity in the population and broader composition of immunity. our immunity is deeper. comprises delta immunity. people who have now been infected with omicron. upwards of 50% will have been infected with omicron by the