european stock markets fell 1.5% off the back of that, a measure of the questions and doubts omicron is raising. but there s not scientific unanimity on this variant. here s one leading immunologist. i do strongly recommend that people get vaccinated and, if they are eligible, that they get boosted. we are still dealing primarily with the delta variant. we don t know whether or not omicron will take off in the rest of the world. but if it does, chances are that the vaccines will still be effective against it the vaccines have been effective against all the variants so far for the most part. this one looks like it could be a larger problem for vaccines than any of the other previous variants, and that is based on the mutations that are found in the spike protein of this variant. but there is still a very good
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overwhelmed with covid-19 patients that the federal government has started sending military medical staff to help battle its current surge. overall cases in the united states are up more than 20% from two weeks ago. in a statement released yesterday, president biden acknowledged that his administration is keeping an eye on the omicron variant and reiterated one simple message. get vaccinated. joining me now is dr. rick bright, immunologist who serves as senior vice president of the pandemic prevention and response at the rockefeller foundation and part of the covid-19 advisory board. rick, it s good to see you again. i think back to last february and march when cases were spreading and the biggest problem we had in the united states is we weren t actually testing. our surveillance couldn t be that good because we weren t testing. i assume at this point with as many people vaccinated as we have and with testing sites i see all over the place, we should be better at detecting when, not i