this is a shark that chose covid hospitalizations in the u.s.. this is for people who end up in the hot you can see the first big bump. that is where we hit our peak for the covid hospitalizations in the u.s. of january last year. the second big bump, that was the delta wave that field hospitals last fall. but now look at the spike on the right side of your screen. that is where covid hospitalizations are right now. more people being admitted to the hospital for covid right now than at any other time in the pandemic. and it is probably going to get worse before it gets better. right now the cdc is pretty rejecting that new covid hospitalizations are going to search for their over the next three weeks. further beyond where they are even now. here is the headline from the missouri independent today. missouri covid hospitalizations set new record as omicron variant spread accelerates. as patients increase, staff are
making its way to oklahoma, nebraska, iowa overnight. before it hits michigan, ohio, western new york tomorrow morning. snow, sleet, this is a really tough time. i was just talking to scott from scott s cheap flights who tracks this and has thousands of individuals that are looking to what they should expect here at the airports. he said frankly, this isn t going to change over the next weeks as you continue to see the omicron variant spread here across the country, including within the airports. doctor, that said, tsa crews calling in sick. we know the airlines are dealing with crew member illnesses. what s going on with our transportation infrastructure, and what needs to be done in order to keep it moving? yeah. you know, lindsey, this is going to be a vulnerable point during this omicron wave. it is so highly transmissible. i mean, we re hearing about the tsa agents. but i have to believe that air traffic controllers are probably calling out a ground crew, the flight crew.
in the money lead, a disapointing monthly jobs report showing the u.s. economy added only 199,000 new jobs in december. that is the fewest jobs added in any month of the biden presidency. and only half of the number that economists expected to see. that means in four of the last five month ares, the job gains did not meet expectations. and this report we should note measured job growth before the omicron variant spread in the u.s. president biden spoke today. tried to focus on the few bright spots in the report. we ll talk about all of it. before i do, i want to take one moment to highlight that in may 2018, the chair of the republican national committee rona mcdaniel tweeted great news for our economy and workforce. unemployment fell to 3.9% last month, the lowest since december 2000. the unemployment rate today, under biden, in the midst of a
say they were expecting this post-holiday surge, but really not expecting some other things and just weren t prepared for about omicron. take a listen. so we were expecting it, we were prepared for it. i think what happened that no one could have predicted was how quickly the omicron variant spread. it is hard. it is hard. like with anything, if it just goes on for too long, you know, there is covid fatigue. so we re doing as much as we can to try to keep up the morale. reporter: so a few more things the doctor wanted people to know. please, stop using the ers to get your covid test. and that the vast majority of the people who are in this facility, shay, are unvaccinated. we re at a point where their personal freedoms and their voices not to get the vaccine are impacting everybody else, because other peoples treatments
schools across the kcountry ove whether to keep kids in the classroom or return to online learning as the omicron variant spread. it comes as the rate of hospitalizations is the highest it s ever been. in indianapolis the superintendent of public schools says she s determined to keep kids in the classroom. dozens of kids signed up for shots at two vaccination clinics held by the school. mr. superintendent, good to see you. why is it so important if your view to keep kids in the classroom as covid hospitalizations soar again. right. absolutely. thanks so much for having me this amp. i think what we know and what we experienced over the last nearly two years now is that when we are able to have our students together with their peers and teacher, in person for learning, that s the best environment in which we can provide the