think the biden administration should do differently, could have done differently? well, jim, i think we re in the midst of, um, really two viral infections, simultaneously. so, kansas still hasn t had many omicron cases. we as the last report from the health and environment department said, we have about 25 confirmed cases of omicron, over 1,000 cases of delta in the hospitals. so, we re still really being pressed by the delta variant. and people are hospitalized, mostly unvaccinated. and the staff is stretched thin. we have hospitals that are sending patients all over the place. we we have yet to have the omicron, um, wave which is coming, i am afraid, later in january for the middle of the country. and we are going to pile that
phenomenon here is that come middle of january, this viral blizzard that i ve talked about, we are going to see 20%, 30% of health care workers getting infected, who will then be off of work in a health care system that is already stretched to the point of breaking. so i think that we have a combination of the events about to happen in january. more transmission, yes, less severe cases per population, but overall more in absolute numbers because of the increased transmission and health care workers who are not there. when you talk about the viral blizzard, i was thinking about it this weekend and wondering are we in the midst of it right now? you still think that is yet to come? it s still coming. what you re seeing right now is delta. remember right now, there was not another delta virus transmitted in this country today, the cases we re seeing are already in the books, baked in. these are people who are infected who will get ill or are ill and after a week or two become seriously
The reassuring videos of the first recovered 34-year-old person from Omicron variant in which he had shared his experience of journey of recovery at a designated hospital in Bengaluru have gone viral on social media. "I was infected with .
The reassuring videos of the first recovered 34-year-old person from Omicron variant in which he had shared his experience of journey of recovery at a designated hospital in Bengaluru have gone viral on social media
to the uk in the number of confirmed cases of the mutation, with 4,535 cases. troels lillebaeck is professor of infectious diseases at the university of copenhagen. thanks forjoining us. how do you assess the government response to the situation? i assess the government response to the situation? the situation? i think the government the situation? i think the government is the situation? i think the government is really - the situation? i think the - government is really exacerbating that that vaccination in denmark and different measures restrictions have been implemented so a lot of things are happening. people are busy preparing for this wave of omicron cases. we also see a doubling of the rates every second or third day in denmark so we see the same pattern as you just described. did denmark so we see the same pattern as you just described. as you ust described. did and we are as you just described. did and we are seeing as you just described. did and we are seeing a as