in 50,000, not much different than the chickenpox, arthel. dr. walensky warns not to take omicron lightly compared to delta variant. we are starting to see data from other countries that indicate on a person by person basis, it may not be, however, given the volume of cases that we are seeing with omicron, we very well may see death rates rise dramatically. lucas: osha vaccine variant requirement, the osha vaccine variant requirement for 100 employees to be vaccinated or weekly testing is supposed to start tomorrow. arthel: lucas tomlinson at the white house, thank you. eric. eric: classes canceled again for tomorrow. that s a third school day the talks between teacher union and city officials appears to be going nowhere. some teachers are refusing to go