but still nowhere near critical levels. and i think the fact is that, you know, there s still some doubt and confusion about the real dangerousness of omicron. people are worried about it, it is clearly extremely contagious, but the figures just aren t in yet from south africa, from the uk, which is a bit ahead of france, on what it all means for death rates, intensive care beds and so on. and in the meantime, we re all slightly in the dark. i m guessing that the optimistic scenario is that you have a very, very wide contagion with many, many, many people getting it, but not getting it too badly. it s a gamble. that s what everyone hopes. but there s no reason at the moment to rule that as a possibility out. in the us the health system remains under pressure after america recorded its highest daily rise in covid infections. government modelling in the country seems to suggest that the heavily mutated
the hospitals are not overcrowded. i think there s about 3000 in intensive care at the moment, which is going up, but still nowhere near critical levels. and i think the fact is that, you know, there s still some doubt and confusion about the real dangerousness of omicron. people are worried about it, it is clearly extremely contagious, but the figures just aren t in yet from south africa, from the uk, which is a bit ahead of france, on what it all means for death rates, intensive care beds and so on. and in the meantime, we re all slightly in the dark and guessing. the optimistic scenario is that you have a very, very wide contagion with many, many, many people getting it, but not getting it too badly. it s a gamble. that s what everyone hopes. but there s no reason at the moment to rule that as a possibility out.
of there being 250,000, 300,000 cases a day by the middle ofjanuary. and yet, you know, there is not the same complete panic about the health system that there was. yes, they re worried, but, i mean, the hospitals are not overcrowded. i think there s about 3,000 in intensive care at the moment, which is going up, but still nowhere near critical levels. and i think the fact is that, you know, there s still some doubt and confusion about the real dangerousness of omicron. people are worried about it, it is clearly extremely contagious, but the figures just aren t in yet from south africa, from the uk, which is a bit ahead of france, on what it all means for death rates, intensive care beds and so on. and in the meantime, we re all slightly in the dark and guessing. the optimistic scenario is that you have a very, very wide contagion with many, many, many people getting it, but not getting it too badly. it s a gamble. that s what everyone hopes. but there s no reason at the moment to rule
by the middle ofjanuary. and yet, you know, there is not the same complete panic about the health system that there was. yes, they re worried, but, i mean, the hospitals are not overcrowded. i think there s about 3,000 in intensive care at the moment, which is going up, but still nowhere near critical levels. and i think the fact is that, you know, there s still some doubt and confusion about the real dangerousness of omicron. people are worried about it, it is clearly extremely contagious, but the figures just aren t in yet from south africa, from the uk, which is a bit ahead of france, on what it all means for death rates, intensive care beds and so on. and in the meantime, we re all slightly in the dark and guessing. the optimistic scenario is that you have a very, very wide contagion with many, many, many people getting it, but not getting it too badly. it s a gamble. that s what everyone hopes. but there s no reason at the moment to rule that as a possibility out.