but we are not all vaccinated in our household, so we are dealing with that. i wonder as you talk about getting ready to act as if it s endemic like the flu. what should schools be doing, what should sporting leagues be doing as they are seeing people infected with milder versions? how do they need to be prepared. we are seeing with schools they don t know how to isolate people. a lot of them don t have the plans. . well, that s exactly it. we need to start thinking about this as endemic. and you are hearing the politicians start to get there. i said before, our administration wanted to declare victory over the virus. the biden administration wanted to declare victory over the virus. the virus has won. it is going to be here for a while. and we need tools for surveillance testing. we need a plan to utilize the oral antivirals that can help us. but they can t help us if we
a fantastic job of surveillance testing, and the rest of the cup truckers we re driving a car down a dark road with the headlights off while looking in the rear view mirror. what we need is a well articulated long strategy. we can t keep chasing variants forever. is that correct, the surveillance testing point in the sense that if this is the stress on the health care system now and we don t fully understand, both really the current delta cries and the omicron growth that this system could be knocked over? well, i think we have to be a little bit careful here in terms of ascribing what we can do about this surge and not. number one, we have to understand what s happening with delta is already baked into the system. the next three weeks, the people who winfected with delta that will become hospitalized and seriously ill and die is already there, but i think over the course of the next two to four weeks you re going to see a war between omicron and delta deciding who is going to be t
officials in philly are warning, don t party with people outside your household over the holidays. it is hard and feels impossible and unfair. these gatherings with friends and family are when we infect each other with covid. pro sports teams demonstrating how the virus is spreading. odell beckham jr. scored monday night and next morning joined the long list of players and staff testing positive and quarantining after exposure. really a window into community spread. kudos to the sports leagues because they are actually doing a fantastic job of surveillance testing. and the rest of the country, we re driving a car down a dark road with the headlights off while looking in the rear view mirror. reporter: covid-19 cases and hospitalizations climbed around 40% this past month. deaths says the cdc forecast to rise in the month ahead. the delta variant still rampant. omicron on the rise. very soon it is going to be
pro sports. they are a window into the community spread. kudos to the sports leagues. they are doing a fantastic job of surveillance testing. in the rest of the country, we re driving a car down a dark road with the headlights off while looking in the rear-view mirror. we hit a bump and say, what was that. that s our surveillance system right now for covid. the nfl is testing regularly. the nba is testing regularly. the sports teams are picking up the cases because they are testing regularly. and what you re seeing is breakthrough cases as a result of this virus changing and as a result of waning immunity. the cdc, the white house, many scientists have said this, most doctors have said this, need to change the definition of fully vaccinated, especially for j&j. in the nfl and the nba and the sports leagues, we have a higher proportion of j&a recipients than anywhere. it s a good vaccine but it needs to be more than one dose. you are seeing them because largely a lot of j&j folks are
The Erie County Department of Health is partnering with the Buffalo Public School District to establish a free, in-school COVID-19 testing program for students and school staff.