other parts of the country are in an omicron firestorm. here are the vulnerables. first of all, i think there is a narrative out there, happy talk that covid omicron is less severe than previous lineages. we don t really know that. part of the reason i say that is both in south africa and the uk, what happened there is omicron dove tailed right on their delta wave. as a consequence, most of those or a lot of those omicron infections were actually reinfections. so it may have given the illusion that it was less severe. but i don t really know that yet. so i am really concerned that now that we are starting to see hospitalizations increase in new york and washington and elsewhere where we are seeing these big surges and on top of that we have the vulnerability and the fact that so many of our health care workers are now getting breakthrough covid. not so much that they are sick enough to be admitted to the
an often when they have the appearance of being political or just amateur requests, doj feels completely at ease ignoring them. thank you to the three of you. it has been the satisfying feeling when you lead the cliffsnotes to the 700 page that you need to cover before an exam. courtney subramanian, a b stoddard, and joyce alene vance, i really appreciate your time tonight. coming up tonight, one of the world s top vaccine experts is here to answer a key question about omicron. how long will this search last? and should we be worried about long covid. later our political experts react to the growing fury against senator joe manchin. but is it really such a big surprise? the 11th hour, getting underway on a monday night. on a monday night.
six fold increase in omicron s share of infections in only one week. it s responsible for an estimated 90% of new infections in the new york area, the southeast, the industrial midwest and the pacific northwest. president biden met with this covid response team and has a major address planned for tomorrow. the white house today revealing that biden himself has tested negative after coming into contact with the stuff member who contracted the virus. in the statement, the white house said on friday, that staff member had spent approximately 30 minutes in proximity to the president on air force one. the staff member is fully vaccinated and boosted and tested negative prior to boarding. the statement went on to say that the staff member didn t experience symptoms until sunday. he was tested on monday. we reminiscent of the early 2020, east our s long lines are forming in new york city as people prepare for the holiday gatherings. they are bracing for a heavy
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vaccinated and boosted should be safe vaccinated traveling right now. if you aren t vaccinated, you are in a very vulnerable place with omicron. have a good day thank. you mask still required by law. those southwest airline ceo told congress last, week a plane so frustrations do the. job i think the case is very strong that masks don t add much if anything in the air cabin environment. the next day, he tested positive for covid. he now says he misspoke and south with fully supports the mandate. the tsa suspect 30 million passengers between now and january 3rd. approaching even exceeding, 2019 passenger levels at some airports. they are setting records for passenger traffic. and 1000 flights at 150,000 passengers every day. we have built quite a