of the country, that for certain it will become dominant elsewhere. also, at the time omicron really started to take off in south africa, they were in a relatively quiet period. so it wasn t really racing against delta at that point. so we ll see. you know, if it starts to become more dominant in the states but i don t think that s a foregone conclusion. dr. besser, i mean, whether it s, you know, disinformation, mixed messaging, covid burnout. do you worry that people aren t listening to the cdc as much as they might have, say, last year? well, you know, i m worried that people truly do have covid burnout, covid fatigue. and i hope that the messaging that is coming from multiple sources, from cdc, from the white house, from the world health organization, from trust other trusted health advisers, will encourage people to do a number of things. one is pay attention. you know, wear your mask. avoid crowded indoor places where there isn t good ventilation. for people who haven t got
audio because the courtroom is still closed, largely because of covid. you know, everyone understood in that courtroom that roe v. wade was on the line. and, you know, the three liberals talked about the precedent and stare decisis. but i thought that quote you read from brett kavanagh, justice kavanagh, suggested that they just want to get rid of the whole thing. they think roe was wrongly decided. and chief justice roberts actually was trying to look for a way to uphold the law but not to overrule roe altogether. and he didn t get any support from any of the five other conservative justices. well, jeff, can you just explain when justice kavanaugh was talking about a return to neutrality, i mean, some of the language was confusing to me. what does he mean? what is he talking about? what he means by neutrality, the mississippi solicitor general i thought explained this very well. he basically said, look, abortion is complicated. abortion is controversial. the way we deal with probl
dr. oz made comments that were interpreted to mean that 3% total mortality due to covid was worth the cost to some to reopen schools. i just saw a nice piece arguing that the opening of schools may only cost us 2 or 3% in terms of mortality. oz later said he misspoke. a 2004 study found that of 40 randomly selected episodes from oz s television show his health recommendations were based on evidence just 46% of the time. the following year, a group of doctors and professors sent this letter to columbia university s dean of medicine asking him to remove dr. oz, who is a trained heart surgeon, from his faculty position. the group cited oz s egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain, something dr. oz later denied. columbia stood by him. but in recent years dr. oz has
the disconnect between you in the argument for the sanctity of life when it comes to abortion rights. and then, not applying in the same way to the killing of kids. yeah. i mean, certainly appears that republicans give up on kids once they re born because there are 100 people every single day dying from guns. a rate ten times higher than any other high-income nation. but i also look at how cavalier republicans have been about covid. i mean, the fact that they are, right now, as we speak, threatening to shut down the government because joe biden has vaccinated too many people. 700,000 people have died and yet they don t seem serious about actually getting this thing under control. so, i do get angry when i hear republicans lecturing us on the sanctity and importance of preserving life. and then, they do nothing when these kids are being murdered all over the country every single night. it s totally inconsistent. it s been remarkable. i was watching a demonstration
covid. i mean, the fact that they are right now, as we speak, threatening to shut down the government because joe biden has vaccinated too many people. 700,000 people have died and yet they don t seem serious about actually getting this thing under control. so i do get angry when i hear republicans lecturing us on the sanctity and importance of preserving life. and then they do nothing when these kids are being murdered all over the country every single night. it s totally inconsistent. it s been remarkable. i was watching a demonstration here in new york of city workers who didn t want to be vaccinated. and a lot it seemed like a lot of mostly men and a lot of the signs are about, you know, you can t tell me what to do with my body. which were, you know, given the context of the debate we ve seen over abortion rights, it s really interesting to see that same argument being used by people who are, you know, talking about vaccinations. yeah, republicans, you know,