depending if it is delta hurting people or omicron? is it the sailme impact nonetheless? not really. imagine you have 1,000 cases with delta and of those 100 will be severely ill. i have 1,000 cases of omicron but only 10 of them will be severely ill. that makes a big difference. the problem is what happens if it s not 1,000 cases of omicron, it s 10,000 cases of omicron because of the infectiousness. then you re in the same soup as delta. we re looking at this very carefully and trying to figure out what will be the contribution and in new york right now, we re all eyes on the country are focused on new york, which has become the epicenter of this current rollout of omicron in the u.s. we re trying to figure out the rise in hospital rates right now, which are occurring and we want to know is that omicron orr or is that delta? if it s omicron, that could be a
conflict. jackie: i m curious to get the read-out from that phone call and see what the messaging was. thanks for your insights. great to see you. thank you. jackie: all right. now let s get to the latest on the covid situation. because covid cases are climbing back up. more of those new year s eve celebrations are being scaled back. fox news correspondent steve harrigan in atlanta with the very latest. high, steve. jackie, with new cases, records being set in the u.s. and at least 15 states as well notching their highest numbers since this epidemic began, the cdc head saying hospital rates are still comparatively low. that s not the case here in atlanta, the home of the cdc where six atlanta hospitals issued a statement saying that they were undergo ago staggering surge in new covid patients with adults and children. the surgeon general had a stark warning.
administration is that you will start to shut down infrastructure again if you let the fear mongering take hold like with the long lines and the panic to get tests. what about the military? more than 90% of the u.s. military is vaccinated. they still have mandates in place. back off with the mandates and focus on keeping the nation s critical infrastructure going so we don t have a society that shuts down again. a final point: healthcare workers enough with the pressure on them. most are vaccinated. back off with firing them. we need them right now in some states we are seeing hospital rates go higher. that s troubling. it s not just covid. it s heart attacks and cancer. someone died from sepsis.
highly transmissible and very contagious, but there is one reported death, that was in texas. that man was between 50, and 60, he had previously been infected with covid 19 added the patient was at high risk of severe competitions because of his unvaccinated status and underlying health condition. when biden says he will send 1000 troops to the hospitals do you think that is going overboard for the lack of numbers we have for deaths or is that warranted? we wouldn t do it for influenza or other respiratory packages. the hospitals need help. we are at a point we are just watching the north experience their viral season just as the south went through their viral season and there is a sort of denial for what we are dealing with is a seasonal virus right now. hospital rates, hospitalizations, new daily hospitalizations for covid which should be our ultimate metric are starting to show signs of
themselves is it okay? dr. fauci call for number two said this when asked that question just yesterday. vaccinated and boosted people, when the family members are vaccinated should feel very comfortable in getting together and enjoying a holiday meal or get together. bill: there it is, right? different from last year. i want to enjoy christmas, don t you? dana: i don t know if the stern warning is necessary from the white house today for the unvaccinated. the hospital rates are going up. we have that information. but what dr. siegel was just explaining is that people know a lot about this and they know if they are feeling sick they know it right away so they can take measures. we have to trust people a little bit. bill: i think what the trump administration did very well was operation warp speed. that was historical and some people are asking where is this version of operation warp speed senator tom cotton asked about it yesterday and operation warp