predicts we could see up to 1 million new cases in a single day in this country. in the face of that frightening case load that may lie ahead, many people have felt buoyed by the early data out of south africa and the uk which indicates that omicron so far the emphasis here is so far seems less severe than the previous strains. this weekend dr. fauci offered this word of caution. watch. the issue that we don t want to get complacent about, john, is that when you have such a high volume of new infections, it might override a real diminution in severity. so that if you have many, many more people with a less level of severity, that might kind of neutralize the positive effect of having less severity when you have so many more people. meaning even if only 2% of people who catch omicron require hospitalization, if we have 1 million new cases a day, that is
predicts we could see up to 1 million new cases in a single day in this country. in the face of that frightening case load that may lie ahead, many people have felt buoyed by the early data out of south africa and the uk which indicates that omicron so far the emphasis here is so far seems less severe than the previous strains. this weekend dr. fauci offered this word of caution. watch. the issue that we don t want to get complacent about, john, is that when you have such a high volume of new infections, it might override a real diminution in severity. so that if you have many, many more people with a less level of severity, that might kind of neutralize the positive effect of having less severity when you have so many more people. meaning even if only 2% of people who catch omicron require hospitalization, if we have 1 million new cases a day, that is
so that if you have many, many more people with a less level of severity, that might kind of neutralize the positive effect of having less severity when you have so many more people. meaning even if only 2% of people who catch omicron require hospitalization, if we have 1 million new cases a day, that is 20,000 new people needing hospital beds daily in hospitals that are already stretched thin as a result of the pandemic. now, u.s. hospitalizations are trending upwards with a 10% increase just in the past week alone. take new york, for example. one of the state s most steeply sprinting up that covid case charts. hospitalizations, well, as you can expect are rising, too, with a 32% increase just over the
biden fumbled the ball on testing. you know, testing has always been an issue that has been problematic. it has been compounded by the situation of the high demand. we had a conflation of high demand, high demands plus the concern about omicron which is a justifiable concern. but the high demand that was triggered by the holiday season. not making any excuses for it. we should ve had more tests available but hopefully now as we get into the first couple of weeks in january that will get much better. and dr. marty makary is ripping at the biden is handling of the situation. it is disappointing that we are just sharing the sort of political hot air because there are a lot of important things right now about the white house could be talking about that they are not talking about. for one, they need to announce a selective testing strategy. they cannot recommend universal testing with a limited supply that we are christian, currently rationing. is a big news from the cdc
after shortening their quarantine gun is for those who test positive to five days. they are now saying individuals will re-deceive their booster shot do not need quarantine at all following exposure but should wear a mask for ten days. so tyrus, seems like the government created quite the mess for themselves here. again, i m not a rocket surgeon, but i do lead dominic read a lot of books. we have literally been told since the administration came into the power that we are all deaf comrade, covid, covid, covid. we can t go to work task all these so why would we not why would they review stuff when their entire pitch this entire administration is that covid wasn t going anywhere and they were going to be prepared. and once again, fantasy world, the woke administration are not prepared. you hate to be the conspiracy guy. i never want to be that guy. so omicron came on and they are telling you you have to