enough people out sick with this latest wave that they may have to slow things down just to keep up with the demand for air travel out there. poppy, we hope that the people who are getting sick are not getting so dreadfully sick right now but the sheer numbers are just crushing systems coast to coast. testing our ability to keep functioning. absolutely. tom foreman, thank you so much. now let s go to texas. and a children s hospital that is overwhelmed as admissions keep rising. our migez marquez is there. fwl . reporter: we visited texas children s hospital, they are in full alert mode. they are preparing for whatever the omicron variant throws at them. they think they are fully prepared. this is the fourth wave. so they ve had sadly a lot of practice at this. one number, i want to give you that puts everything in perspective here, in the last week the number of hospitalizations at texas children has risen four fold. that is a very worrying number
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university will delay the return to class by one week, in alabama, auburn will require masks whether you re vaccinated or not as primary schools struggle to reopen in hopes that masks and testing and more will keep the virus at bay. i think parents have had enough of school closures due to poor policy so let s protect our students and our staff, let s keep our communities thriving. reporter: a glimmer of hope, studies on the omicron variant continue to suggest it may not be as lethal as delta. even as it spreads wildly. these numbers are very, very striking. but nonetheless, i am optimistic that most people who get this infection will not become critically ill. and you may still have your own problems with this if you have not travelled to where you want to be after the holidays. we ve had thousands and thousands of flights, about 11,000 in a week canceled around the world because of this virus. now the faa said it may have