through january, remote learning. pete: what do you expect. will: no one who hates sports more than sportswriters. they are always ready to shut it down once again. i think it is time to shut it down they write. i can t believe it, but here we go again. pete, if you announce you re going to say something on tuesday i doubt it is going to be, omicron doesn t look as serious as we might have suggested. sounds like we re headed toward a conversation, announcement about lockdowns, rachel. rachel: these schools, universities, are doing exactly same things they did last time that made no sense. let s isolate these kids more. i don t know if you know they re all going to where their food courts are. they can t sit down among each other. they have to grab-n-go, eat by themselves in their rooms. that is one of the rules they. are closing fitness centers. why are you doing that, when you know obesity is contributing
themselves prepared for what is another surge. doctor, quickly, because i have more things i want to get to. even if there are more cases and it is a mild, and it is circulating, doesn t that open up to more mutations? certainly. only 17% of americans 5 years and older have gotten the booster. how important is getting a booster for protection against omicron? we have seen omicron which is immune evaevading. do not count on natural immunity or prior infection to protect you. it is somewhat, but you can overcome that with an extra booster dose. with omicron, it is important to get the booster dose. the cdc now says americans should choose pfizer and moderna over johnson & johnson citing a
omicron doesn t appear to be more harmful or deadly than what we have seen. experts say it is easier to catch. the additional bad news is just because omicron takes over, doesn t mean the delta variant is going anywhere. we are still in the fairly young delta surge as it is right now. we are talking about another variant superimposed on top of that with hot spots all over the country. it is haunting how this feels exactly like a year ago. except, we have vaccines to save lives if people would take the avice and get one. you say it feels like march of 2020. i was reporting and rockettes cancel four shows and the nfl cancelling games this weekend with the surge on four teams. what do we know specifically about the nfl? reporter: they released the statement saying the new variant
tested a couple days before and the day of gets a little more reliability but nothing is immune to potential spread. those who are vaccinated and boosted have a low risk of severe infection and that s not changed, what we re observing thus far with omicron. joe, let s talk about, you know, these things are held in buildings, right? we re seeing radio city rockettes cancel this season. should people avoid going to large holiday events? well, you know, i think it comes down to the fundamentals and basics here, don. we know how to keep people safe in buildings. we know what to do. that hasn t changed. omicron doesn t change that. the recommendations we re making on ventilation have not changed. it matters about the context and what protections yo u u have in place. everyone in the space is vaccinated and boosted. that s good protection. if everybody is rapid tested
so what do we do? we have to put it all into perspective and each live with our own realities of where we are. what i mean is when we look nationally, we definitely have a major problem. we already have the rise of the delta variant that was causing major strains on our hospital system, and now we re having omicron. even if omicron doesn t cause more severe disease but a lot more people are getting ill, that could really tax our already overwhelmed health care system and our health care workers as well. but then at the same time, as you mentioned, we have a lot more tools. what i am affidavdvocating for people use the 2 out of every 3 rule. vaccination, testing, and masking. with this amount of virus around us, we should have 2 out of every 3 things. if you re not vaccinated, you should be masking, and if you re gathering with people, testing. if you are vaccinated, alleges get that booster too. but if you want to get together with people indoors without