is coming out in the last couple of days that it might take a shorter time between being infected and starting to develop symptoms if you are going to. so, that has been, we have seen that with the variant that have already gone along, actually, that the original version of the wuhan strain, without being impatient time between being infected and showing system date neck symptoms was 14 days. this one may be a love that shorter than that. so that could explain, if it is more infectious and people are taking a shorter time to develop symptoms, that will explain why it is spreading so quickly. in a symptoms, that will explain why it is spreading so quickly. in a sense, that could also is spreading so quickly. in a sense, that could also be is spreading so quickly. in a sense, that could also be positive, - that could also be positive, presumably, couldn t take? one of the problems has been that because of the long gap between infection and sewing to the neck is showing symptoms, peop
of these new variants, they may not work as well against the full complement of different variants that we ve seen. so you want to try to stick with the ancestral strain, the wuhan strain, in the vaccine as long as possible. president biden now calling for federal money to pay for at-home toifd covid testing. a travel ban remains in place for countries across southern africa. joining me now, msnbc contributor dr. ebony jade hilton, co-founder and medical director of goodstock consulting llc and an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the university of virginia. you heard me lay out what the biden administration is doing. what more do you want to see them doing to tackle delta, to tackle this new variant ahead of a possible omicron surge? right. i think we need to do what was first presented when we had covid in the first place, which means if we think we need a variation of our vaccines, we go back to their original plan,
period. we re back above 1,500 deaths a day and still climbing. most of those deaths are still coming among the unvaccinated, but dr. anthony fauci says the recent spikes and the potential danger from omicron, that variant, should both encourage even vaccinated people to get their booster shots. the vaccines that we are distributing now in the united states and throughout the world are directed against the original ancestral wuhan strain, and yet with delta when you get a level of antibody and general immune protection high enough, it spills over to protect against other variants, so we re getting quite good protection against delta when you re vaccinated and particularly when you get boostered, and that s the reason why we re saying even with a new variant like omicron, if you get boosted, you re going to get your level up, way up. e.r. physician dr. nathan
said. at what level would you be satisfied the vaccines work against omicron? anything over 50% or 60% efficacy? what are you looking for? jake, you don t want to look for a specific number. one of the things you look at people ask this question all the time is that the vaccines that we are distributing now in the united states and throughout the world are directed against the original ancestral wuhan strain. with delta, when you get general immune protection high enough, it spills over to protect against other variants. we re getting quite good protection against delta when you are vaccinated and particularly when you get boostered. that s the reason why we are seeing even with the new variant like omicron, if you get boosted, you get your level up. we feel certain there will be some degree and maybe a considerable degree of protection against the omicron
against omicron. there s likely still at least some protection, you have also said. at what level would you be satisfied the vaccines work against omicron? anything over 50% or 60% efficacy? what are you looking for? jake, you don t want to look for a specific number. one of the things you look at people ask this question all the time is that the vaccines that we are distributing now in the united states and throughout the world are directed against the original ancestral wuhan strain. with delta, when you get general immune protection high enough, it spills over to protect against other variants. we re getting quite good protection against delta when you are vaccinated and particularly when you get boostered. that s the reason why we are seeing even with the new variant like omicron, if you get