from that remark, flip remark to reality, in just a couple weeks scenes like this are playing out everywhere. in mess a, mesa, arizona, covid-19 tests are flying out the door. i think it s a great idea. additional peace of mind even though we re all vaccinated and boostered. i m actually spending the holidays with my family. i ve got older uncle and my father and so we just want to take some precautions and just make sure that we re all good. wow, he s speaking for just about everybody i know right now. look, the fact is covid is resurging nationwide. one factor, the rapid spread of the omicron variant. it now accounts for 73% of u.s. cases making it by far the dominant strain. one marker of how things have changed seemingly overnight, the nhl has suspended all play until at least after christmas. cnn s jasmine wright joins us again from washington.