the misinformation. back then the assumption was okay maybe if their lives are impacted by covid, their family members are, they ll change their minds. 800,000 people in this country dead from this virus, we re still seeing this resurge. i think the economist poll said 30% of republicans are worried about omicron. 30% of republicans are worried about or know someone who has died or lost their life in this pandemic but still won t get vaccinated. i think the white house has a massively uphill battle to combat and counter act the misinformation. yes, keep the vaccines widely available but in addition to the public service information they re releasing you have to combat the misinformation actively and consistently. susan, ongoing criticism about confusion most recently caused by what many see as the latest poor messaging from the cdc or changing their tune about
topping 250,000 per day. as of this afternoon shattering the previous high of some 248,000 cases nearly a year ago. this ongoing surge is hitting as we near the end of year two of an exhausting battle with covid, the virus now everywhere. that is challenging officials from the white house all the way down to the local level. yet as of tonight slightly less than 62% of all americans are fully vaccinated. fewer than 38% of those fully vaccinated are boosted. today the cdc said omicron represents roughly 59% of all covid cases in the united states. that is a very big change from last week when the agency had the number at 73%. there is also growing pushback to the cdc s latest guidance reducing the isolation period for people who test positive but show no symptoms to five days down from ten. critics say this evolving
topping 250,000 per day. as of this afternoon shattering the previous high of some 248,000 cases nearly a year ago. this ongoing surge is hitting as we near the end of year two of an exhausting battle with covid, the virus now everywhere. that is challenging officials from the white house all the way down to the local level. yet as of tonight slightly less than 62% of all americans are fully vaccinated. fewer than 38% of those fully vaccinated are boosted. today the cdc said omicron represents roughly 59% of all covid cases in the united states. that is a very big change from last week when the agency had the number at 73%. there is also growing pushback to the cdc s latest guidance reducing the isolation period for people who test positive but show no symptoms to five days down from ten.
the virus in general not for every single 100% of the people but for most of the time for most of the people that level of virus diminishes to the point where the cdc feels and i don t disagree with them at all that wearing a mask is ample protection during that second half of a ten-day period. when you balance that against the importance of trying to get people back functioning in society, of course the alternative is something that no one wants. that s to shut down completely. when it comes to saving lives hospitals on the front lines are bracing for an expected surge of covid patients in the weeks to come. many are already seeing a steady rise in covid admissions. the administration is preparing to deploy a thousand u.s. service members to help medical staff at hospitals nationwide. hospitals are also facing a rapid increase in the number of children admitted for covid.
they ll be exposed to the virus. that is what osha is designed to stand for and why i think it is not a hard case next week. that is even stepped up since this was first filed. so again, that date is on the 7th of january. i also want to ask you about harry reid. i know you had working relationship with him when you were part of the obama administration. you worked on the affordable care act. what do you remember about harry reid? something really poignantly after the white house put me in charge of defending the affordable care act in court i did receive a call from senator reid before my first court appearance and he basically said you better win this thing. you know, he fought for the act. he cared a lot about it. to me the thing that i remember is him calling me and saying, look. here s why this is important to me. i grew up in rural nevada. my brother, i think he broke his leg, i can t remember precisely