and it s hard to deal with that, i think, in the sort of political context. and when you look at what is happening in your hospitals. absolutely, what we are looking at is that omicron is half of severe in terms of creating hospitalizations as delta. it is mild or, but not mild. especially because it looks like it can transmit at 2 to 4 and maybe six times the rate of previous variants. meaning, that it may wash away any potential benefit of it being mild. our point is that it s happening and it s happening now. so quickly and even in places that we haven t heard. and we don t have the wiggle room. and that is what the big concern this. just a condensed timeframe, even though it s, mild it s not. mueller get vaccinated. that is the one thing that could change the calculus for the individuals and all of us. yes, so the vaccination, boosting is key. but doctor megan ranney, when you talk about systematic fixes, first to the short term of what
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very clear that president biden stands behind that pledge to name a black woman to this seat, even though we haven t heard at length yet from president biden on that, although we do expect the president to appear today at the white house with justice breyer for that retirement announcement. unlikely we will get a pick today from president biden, but we do know that he has long had this list at the ready of black women who are, you know, in many cases already sitting on appellate benches and could easily be put into this position. of course, first and foremost on everyone s minds this morning is judge ketangi brown jackson on the d.c. circuit, both because of her long, distinguished career that really puts her in a good her resume for this role, but also the fact it was not that long ago that she was confirmed by the senate, including by several key republican senators who would now have to explain why they would vote against her
they had exemptions or had them around their neck or something. it is disgusting and it is sad. rachel: it s a chinese sure vans culture, what is imported into australia. very scary. any word from the pope? this is clearly intrusion on religious liberty? look, no. we have haven t heard anything from anyone. in fact the church even here remains very silent on the issue. the targeting of churches and synagogues for that matter, we ve seen that throughout the pandemic, specifically churches and synagogues. we had a pastor hire own couple miles from where i sit, daring to run his services in 2020. on rosh hashanah and yom kippur, surrounded synagogues, orthodox jews, targeting a community on horseback.
and there are no special cases. we ve heard from fans, campaigners, and his family. they are keeping him as a prisoner. it sjust not fair, it s not human. the one person we haven t heard from is novak djokovic himself. until now. novak djokovic, thank you very much indeed for speaking to the bbc and to me. you ve had an interesting few months, leading news bulletins around the world with your attempt to gain entry to australia and compete at the australian open. but you ve kept mostly silent until now. why have you agreed to this interview? the reason why i was silent up to now is because i wanted to respect my colleagues,