imagine the global impact. thus, the testing requirements, we re probably not going enough, though, in the united states to catch some of those new variants even with our attempts at the testing and doing things at airports, because that s just a limited population. it only gets volunteers who offer their samples for genetic surveillance. people will come with a negative tests, but those samples are from before their flight. we want to get reliable data on genetic surveillance all around the world, including china, and we re not getting that. a subvariant of omicron ha become the dominant strain in the u.s. it accounts for 40% of confirmed cases. that s double from just a week ago. how concerned are you about this new variant and do we know about the severity? yeah, great questions. we do know there s an been uptick in hospitalizations in new york, in the metropolitan area of new york city and surrounding areas and that shows us for people over the age of
does it help that we now have a list of i suppose about a dozen countries who are imposing conditions and restrictions? but of course, that leaves many, many more that still aren t. if there is a problem, it s going to get out, isn t it? well, we still don t know. not sure whether this is justified, because if this prevents imported cases from china, this is not going to work unless other countries impose bans on passengers from china. plus we have learned to coexist with the virus, and i think the cases from china carry the same strain we re dealing with here. we have no reason to worry about. if we are really concerned about the new subvariant, instead ofjust asking them to show proof of negative test results, and so far, there are no signs that the variants we carry that the variants they carry
plurality. so, we will see. intriguing times ahead. victoria defrancesco soto and tim miller, thank you both. coming up new year, new subvariant. the doctor is going to talk about new covid fares and what to look for for the virus in the year ahead. stay with us. stay with us how? the lower the temp, the lower your bill. tide cleans great in cold and saves money? i am so in. save $150 when you turn to cold with tide. as the year closes, as more
but of course, that leaves many, many more that still aren t. if there is a problem, it s going to get out, isn t it? well, we still don t know. not sure whether this is justified, because if this prevents imported cases from china, this is not going to work unless other countries impose bans on passengers from china. plus we have learned to coexist with the virus, and i think the cases from china carry the same strain we re dealing with here. we have no reason to worry about. if we are really concerned about the new subvariant, instead ofjust asking them to show proof of negative test results, and so far, there are no signs that the variants they carry are different from the ones we already have here.