study that has been done about potentially irreversible develop metal damage to kids born during the pandemic. verbal, motor, and overall cognitive performance, compared to children born before the pandemic. they don t know why, but it could be because adults are wearing masks and not picking up on visual and facial cues. they are always talking about the wrong thing. richard, what did you think of biden s he had the black mask, we are all going to die this winter. do you think that is the correct posture for the president? richard: i am no master of body language. jesse: you know all that stuff. richard: what we know is this: is it omicron continues to rise, the number one variant in the united states is the delta variance. it is ugly. people are still dying from covid, catching covid, and they are having very harsh symptoms. i think one of the best tools we have my mom would always
policy, right? that s right. and we could keep giving people boosters forever but we can t boost our way out of any endemic virus. it s already in the water system in florida when they have tested it omicron is already ubiquitous and it will be ubiquitous like coccus 10% of all noses of people in the united states but not causing severe illness. bret: dr. makary, we really appreciate it? thanks. bret: up next, honoring america s bravest heroes. each of you know what a someone has spent in a element modify trial. i m grateful for all that you three have done
cornell university. new york university is strongly encouraging professors to move their exams to online. they say they re seeing an acceleration of covid cases, and this is what they re doing to keep people safe. now, i m sure a lot of people are wondering, is it omicron, is it delta? not everyone has done genotyping so we don t know, but certainly some of them we know at least some of them are omicron. now, this is happening at the same time, ana, as you mentioned, that sporting events are also and sports teams are also being affected. so let s take a look at that. for the cleveland browns, their covid reserve list, they added six players just today. they added eight yesterday. the nfl says that 28 players tested positive yesterday. the nhl, the hockey folks, have postponed their ninth game this season. they postponed their game last night. that was the ninth time they ve done that this season because of covid. as we can see, things are
then, to get a third dose to boost that immunity for at least a period of time in protection, not just against omicron but to a certain extent against delta, because you re not going to be protected as well against mild illness over time. that s the advantage of the booster. remember, if that s the strategy, if the strategy is boosting to keep your neutralizing antibodies up, even with a third dose, that will fade over time. i think it s a solution for the winter months, but we may find it next summer that neutralizing antibodies is better. delta was a highly contagious virus, as contagious as chicken pox which is a highly contagious virus. omicron is a worry. and we re hearing the rate of omicron s spread is now doubling every couple of days, according to the cdc director. so we ll keep watching. dr. paul offitt, thank you for taking your time and expertise. really appreciate you. president biden is in
with the prime minister warning that some nhs appointments would have to be postponed to free up resources for the rollout. there ll also be additional support to speed up vaccinations in scotland, wales and northern ireland. the announcement came as the uk s covid alert level was raised from three to four. our medical editor, fergus walsh, has the full story. queueing round the block for their booster, you will see a lot more of this in the coming days. this in the coming days. from tomorrow this in the coming days. from tomorrow the this in the coming days. from tomorrow the over this in the coming days. from tomorrow the over 30s - this in the coming days. from tomorrow the over 30s in - this in the coming days. from - tomorrow the over 30s in england this in the coming days. from tomorrow the over 305 in england and tomorrow the over 30s in england and scotland will be able to book their booster and the over eighteens from later in the week. later in the week. good evening.