to give some level of comfort to the notion that what happened that day won t just be in the rear-view mirror because it could repeat itself if you just leave it there. we have upcoming elections. we ll continue the democracy to have elections, we have to have that notion. we were talking about this, gloria, the idea of this would be an opportunity for many republicans to speak out about i mean, nothing that the president said, well, it s highly charged and opinion nated. there wasn t a lot of inaccuracy what he said about describing what we all saw happen that day with our own eyes in plain sight. this would be an opportunity, as the president talks about, the you nighted states of america, would have been an opportunity to really reinforce the notion of bipartisanship and how to come together. you re right, when we talked about this is a speech he could have gave a year ago. he didn t because he was criticized and the fact he did it now underscores what peril there is to americ
officially no one died that got this medication. the trial in which with us done was conducted elegantly. 12 individuals that died in the placebo arm and zero died that received paxolovid. there s other medications out there. one has been around a long time. it cut deaths by 91%. we have a lot of tools in the toll box. nobody should be dying of covid. neil: a lot of people that are terrified of needles. i m wondering when you look at the unvaccinated, how many think that that is an issue? needle anxiety is a known issue with children especially. other people have reasons that they don t like doctors or hospitals. we ve seen it. the construct of the vaccinated and unated is a false construct. it s frustrating for me to watch the white house briefings and the speech by was biden yesterday.
give it until christmas to make a final decision on this, meantime, organizers of the event saying anyone coming out here will have to prove they are fully,nated and are not requiring that people rare masks but are certainly encouraging it. other big cities are cancelling their plans for new year s day. jason carroll, live in times square. right now delta remains the most prominent variant in the u.s. but omicron is popping up. ecohen is they re break down what moderna is saying about its data regarding omicron. moderna is saying indeed their booster does increase antibodies. what s unclear is is it enough to give you the kind of protection against omicron that their booster gave against say
breaks, i think cornell went strir chul yesterday, and so redefining what fully vaccinated means. we know it is highly infectious. it is able to spread more easily from person to person and more people will become infected and the other thing that we know is that it is immune abating. you really need to be fully fax nated and fully boosted. we re still seeing breakthrough infections for people that are triple vaccinated. i think the clear mess an here is that the vaccines are still preventing decide and death. so that is critical, even if you