playing. so give us a broad picture of the pandemic and of covid in the united states. you know, i m so glad that you mentioned the number and every single person that has lost their life or been severely affected by covid, it s important that be we remember them. the number of deaths and please correct me if i m wrong, the number of deaths are trending down, still losing about 400 people a day. so what s the status of covid in our country today? right. you know, according to news notes, 420 people died yesterday. we know millions of americans have lost their taste and smell and we say oftentimes we hear a report this is a mild case of covid. but what does it mean when two
hospitalized with covid, but in new york and d.c. where omicron surged first, the case count is finally trending down, and the party of trump is the party of revenge. the former president targets a republican senator who told the truth and kevin mccarthy promises if he gets power he will use it to punish democrats. we begin the hour though with the president and his consequential visit today to georgia. voting rights is his focus as he visits some of atlanta s civil rights landmarks. remember, boycotts were a staple tactic as the movement gained tracks 60 years ago and that the democratic president faces a boycott today speaks volumes about the moment and about the mood. the president is about to give voting rights activists exactly what they want, including this public and vocal support for changing senate rules to pass new voting restriction, but the groups boycotting say it s long past time for words, and they will not be props for a presidential photo-op that. resistance only raise
time this wave is over. we need a clear goal post for how we take these mitigation measures off. let s get expertise and insights from dr. jonathan reiner from george washington university. dr. reiner, i want to put up the map again because it is nice to see 34 states trending down, but trending down, you see this in the hospital every day, from a very high base line. what do you make of public health experts saying please, mr. president, explain this next chapter. well, i think it s very notet the country is going to come out of omicron in a wave. and so we re seeing the mid-atlantic where i live and the northeast. the areas in this country that were hit first now dropping dramatically. d.c. is more than halfway down on now on the back side of the curve following the really the highest levels of infection we saw throughout the
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