for now, delta continues to be the greater threat, fueling an average of 1,000 deaths a day in the u.s. meanwhile, back here in new york, we re learning that more than a dozen friends who attended an anime convention in the city last month with a minnesota man who tested positive for omicron have also now tested for the virus. right now, it s unclear if they caught this new strain. kathy, thank you. if you have not heard what representative ilhan omar said today about republican minority leader kevin mccarthy, it is quite striking and sends a message. you ll hear that next. at next. i got the awesome new iphone 13 pro and airpods, and t-mobile is paying for them both! and this is for new and existing customers. upgrade to the iphone 13 pro and airpods both on us. only at t-mobile. alice loves the scent of gain so much, she wished there was a way to make it last longer. say hello to your fairy godmother alice and long-lasting gain scent beads. try spring daydream,
information will come in, and unfortunately it only comes in through data, which unfortunately means it only comes in because more and more people are getting infected. i urge persons, you don t want to be a part of that data collection. protect yourself. avoid those indoor events and get those vaccines, get those boosters and make sure everyone you re around does the same. doctor, you ve been pretty vocal about some of these restrictions on your travel page, because we know that some of those restrictions go into effect tomorrow. do you think that these travel restrictions, i guess travel restrictions from southern africa, but for foreigners coming into the u.s., they have to get that test within 24 hours, will that help in curbing the spread? that will not help when you have an anime convention in new york city that causes an outbreak, right? we are beyond that. and i think when we re looking at these travel bans, we have to understand that there is a cost that comes along with t
hospitalized and 14 more likely to die. we know they re taking a similar route as the president, they say now isn t the time for knee jerk reactions for shutdowns. reporter: both national and local leaders both emphasizing masking, vaccines and boosters. over mask mandates and lockdowns, that s the situation right now. and one thing that is clear, though, this weekend is that the omicron variant is spreading. take a look, we have a list of the 12 states with confirmed cases of that new variant, one of those states is new york where five cases have been reported. one of them here, we re outside the javits center in new york city where there was an anime convention two weeks ago, one of the 53,000 attendees is confirmed to have tested for the omicron variant, causing concern, new york officials