these patients and try to get them connected to the care resources they need. again, you don t want to get long covid. any time you re infected with covid, you re putting yourself at risk of that. the best way to prevent that is vaccination. dr. long, thank you so much for being with me this morning. there s so many questions about all this evolving doctor, i want to ask you i was speaking with dr. fauci earlier this week about the possibility that we could be kind of seeing ebb and flow, right, of omicron, delta went down and then omicron hit and now omicron is dropping in most of the country and then this son of omicron may or may not be. do you see like a wave pattern that we re going to be living through? soho say, i think all of us two years in are tired of these repeated surges. unfortunately, every time we have a surge, some people will predict, oh, maybe this is the
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two teams because of covid spread. and the nfl postponed three games this weekend. overall, deaths are increasing, nearly half of u.s. states up sharply in seven. that s an increase of 8% from just last week. i think we re really just about to experience a viral blizzard. if you look at what happened in south africa, you look at what s happened in europe. in the lex three to petition weeks we ll see a number of americans infected with the virus. you re looking at severe illness and death unvaccinated. reporter: as with previous surges, the unvaccinated of filling hospitals as weary doctors warn they are exhausted and losing staff. the reality is you can t just arrest humans in order to provide that care. staffing is a challenge everywhere. reporter: what makes this winter different. while omicron may be highly, highly transmissible, vaccinations, especially boosters, can protect you from serious illness. but in a setback to parents of 2
staffer. the reality is you can t just create humans to provide that care and staffing a challenge everywhere. what makes this winter different while omicron may be highly, highly transmissible, vaccinations, especially boosters, can protect you from serious illness. but in a setback to parents of 2 to 5-year-olds, pfizer said two doses of its vaccine did not produce enough immunity. saying they are now testing out three child-size doses. a delay until the second quarter of next year. you ought to really get the right dose and the right regimen for the children so although you don t like there to be a delay, you want to get it right and that s what they are talking about. and kyung lah joins us now. there s obviously been a lot of frustration with school quarantines moving to virtual classes. what options are the cdc looking at to keep kids in school? well, the cdc presented something and it is a pilot program called test to stay. one of the places they did that test is act