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and colleges and universities shifted classes and exams online to finish out the semester. as of now experts say the delta variant is driving the latest surge, but omicron is expected to become the dominant variant in the u.s. in the coming weeks. there s a tsunami coming. this omicron variant is extroerdsly contagious. it s as contagious as measles and that s about the most contagious of a virus we ve seen. this may be the most contagious virus that civilization has faced in our lifetime. reporter: both cases and hospitalizations are at levels not seen since september at the end of the summer spike. in michigan, covid hospitalizations are hovering around all-time highs. the majority of them are people who are unvaccinated. dr. anthony fauci comparing it to a war. we will win this war with this virus. we know what public health mytygations work. we have just got to hang in
more than six months, and you aren t boosted, how protected are you? not that well protected. not that well protected. so much so i would say that although six months ago we would say if you re double vaxxed you are fully vaccinated, that was the definition of fully vaccinated, this administration and the cdc needs to tell the american people, the president on tuesday should tell the american people if you only have two shots and it has been more than six months, you are no longer fully vaxxed. i think the administration should move the window to four months and allow people who are four months out from the second shot to be boosted. that was one of my other questions. if you are unvaxxed, what happens if you get covid? there s a tsunami coming. this omicron variant is extraordinarily contagious. as contagious as measles. that s about the most contagious virus we ve seen.
groups, who told me 15 people messaged her to say they were thinking about the same route that heidi took. and that s another person who has to act as a suicide counselor. she s battling it herself. the government needs to step in now. if 3 million people out there have long haul covid, as you said, 1 out of 10 people, there s a tsunami coming. and my wife was one of the first, unfortunately. and there probably will be more. but we need to pay attention, and it s not just about suicide. it s about people re-entering the workforce, this is an economic issue, we have workers who will not be able to go back to their jobs because they re bed-ridden. my wife said so many times, i don t know how i could function if i was a single mother.
more field organizers and the digital ads, all the things you have to do in order to have a standing and in order to get back on the stage. i hope that it well. in the meantime, we have to honorably whether it s with her own party or with another party, speak up as americans when we see something happening that we don t feel is the go to. martha: project great to hau back. coming cap next, the worst a man-made in history with one of the addiction specialist who s been sounding the alarm on opiates for year period . dr. drew joined us next. is a tsunami coming, it s a tsunami coming, you don t understand. i can. at the epidemic is hitting every corner of the country. it starts and you get hooked