whether it s restaurants, taxis, uber drivers, you name it. south africa and that entire participant of the continent has been dramatically impacted when ebola was sensationalized even though the outbreak was many, thousands of miles away, you re going to see that again. and just as travel s recovering, this is a devastating blow. what i don t want understand is there s a lot of maybes, what ifs, could be, and also here s what s interesting. botswana put out a release that said that the9 four people that were positive in that country all were travelers. in order to travel, they need to be double vaccinated. so that is a real big tell, and i think reaction has been overblown, to be frank, at this point. edward: that s interesting. so if i m planning a trip, asking for a friend, let s say to france in the beginning of next year, should i wait to book that then to see how this shakes out? so i think what you want to do is take advantage of the pricing opportunities if they re
good right now to go wherever you want to go and then just make sure you have the ability to cancel for any reason. travel the insurance is a must-have these days. and just look at the individual policies. book with a travel agent because they re going to know the ins and outs and work on your behalf should there the be a problem. i m concerned about what s going on with new york right now, the governor of new york declaring a state of emergency in the health care business and that world and saying we re going to stop all elective procedures at this point. i think they re forgetting that two months ago the u.n. published a report that said non-covid juvenile deaths under the age of 18 just in southeast asia were expected to reach 236,000 deaths which is a magnitude a, i mean, you can t even concern the percentages are incredible versus kids actually dying from covid. what we re learning is the unintended consequences, the excess death in the u.k., all these things as a result of poli
more dangerous than we had seen before and the administration saying, no, we are ready to ban travel from south africa and 7 other african nations. that might be the prudent choice but i think that his past statements, those are going to provide a little bit of a hiccup and i think republicans are certainly going to make him pay for that flip flop. ed: lives on the internet forever. thanks, appreciate it. so here is something that all homeowners are giving thanks for this year, their home s value, we will investigate if this is a bubble or not next.
new and dangerous covid mutation named omacron remembering havoc on census security around the globe. president biden imposing travel restrictions and calling for more americans to get vaccinated. this new variant crippling the stock market yesterday as americans deal with soaring gas prices and supply shortages as the holiday shopping season start. jacqui heinrich traveling with the president investigating all of this. jacqui. president biden was not surprised or concerned about the response in the stock market but he did encourage americans to get vaccinated and get their booster shot saying there s a whole lot that we don t know about this variant. we are going to be cautious, make sure there s no travel to and from africa and regions except for american citizens who
progressive right now. ed: before you go, remember when president biden bashing former president trump about banning travel over u.s. covid fears in january of 2020. listen to this. in moments like this, this is where the credibility of a president is most needed as he explains what we should and should not do. this is no time for donald trump s record of hysteria, xenophobia and fear-monger to go ed tolead the science. well, it s a very different moment. we know a lot more about the virus than we did in january 2020. that s the soundbite that will haunt the current president because with the omicron variant there was little time spent between realizing that this was something that could be perhaps