new year s eve and ireland is implementing an 8:00 p.m. curfew for bars and restaurants. here in the u.s. omicron is expected to become the dominant variant, but as of now experts say the delta variant is driving this latesh surge. both cases and hospitalizations are at levels not seen since september at the end of the summer spike. dr. anthony fauci compares it to a war. we will win this war with this virus. we know the public health mitigations work. we ve just got to hang in there. we can t give up. vice president kamala harris is not helping the messaging and maybe adding to public jitters critics say by saying the white house didn t see either variant coming. she told the los angeles times, quote, we didn t see delta coming. i think most scientists did not upon whose advice and direction we have relied didn t see delta