but another bit of good news here is, last week pfizer s ceo came out and said they did a study showing the pfizer booster shot does appear to be highly effective against omicron. now, the cdc also says, though, that so far, symptoms for omicron appear to be mild. there have been no deaths reported and only one hospitalization. nationwide, though, alex, as we all know now, the delta variant still does appear to be the dominant strain. but, you know, the big takeaway here is that omicron is here, it is with us, it is spreading. but it looks like it could be mild and it looks like, at least for now, the pfizer booster is effective in fighting it. we will take it, because it s something of a silver lining. if you save just one hospitalization, according to the cdc thus far, relative to omicron, that s good news. thank you so much, appreciate that, stephanie stanton. let s go to nbc s scott cohn standing by in san francisco for us. scott, let s talk about the
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the area of paradise and chico. we have scott cohn standing by in chico, talking to the people who are staying in the evacuation centers, that i would think are very full if not overflowing. i m curious about that, with the people who have as their lives have been destroyed. is there room for more? are they running out of a temporary, a housing shortage yesterday? reporter: the evacuation centers are for the most part full. the sixth one is probably close to it, so we re in a situation where you have tent cities springing up in parking lots. people are camping out, and it is cold here. part of it because there s so much smoke keeping the sun out. we re looking at freezing