to go to the supreme court, and they need to decide. well, certainly looks to be headed that way. i want to just pull this quote from part of the ruling. it said osha has demonstrated the pervasive danger that covid-19 poses to workers, unvaccinated workers in particular in their workplaces. so i m curious as someone with a medical background what do you say to that argument from this circuit court opinion about why the biden administration vaccine or test mandate should stand? well, that s the crux of the legal argument, really. does osha have the authority under their rules to impose this on the private sector based on an imminent threat to employees? and that s basically the legal argument. it s really what it is, a legal argument whether they have the ability to propose this or not. i think they probably do not, but, you know, that s going to be the up to the supreme court. again, i want to make it clear everyone should get vaccinated.
and that s about the most contagious virus we ve seen. this may be the most contagious virus that civilization has faced in our lifetimes. so why would you go into that kind of battle completely unarmed? our vaccines will protect you, particularly if you are triple vaxed. people who are unvaxed should start the process now. go ahead and go to your pharmacy and get vaccinated. you talk about this being a tsunami, how this could be the most transmissible virus we have seen in our lifetimes. i want to share a quote with you from the washington post. the chief quality and patient safety officer at ohio state university said, quote, just about everyone should be prepared to get infected during this wave even if you ve been vaccinated. do you agree with that? and if so are we simply wasting energy on certain covid protocols and restrictions? no.
headed. texas did it with the abortion law. the supreme court to its detriment allowed it to stand. if that s the way it goes, we can pass state laws here to do what we want regardless of what the supreme court already said. i want to read you a quote from justice sotomayor. i mean all that raises the question depending on how the supreme court acts with this texas law ultimately, is this where the country is heading? so the supreme court really is the only one who can stop that and justice sotomayor went further in her dissent, she said this is what we fought the civil war over. the conservative majority said that s a little much. when you get down to it, this is
the philippines this week leaving dozens of people dead. experts experts agree that warming temperatures are making typhoons, hurricanes and cyclones more intense and destructive. the common thread among these disasters is the human factor. are we taking the proper steps to curb climate change? no. that s the answer. in fact, the world is poised to burn a record amount of coal next year undermining efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions. i want to bring in science educator bill nye. thank you so much for joining us tonight. so, bill, we were seeing the result of human-caused global warming in our own back yards, but some of the most alarming changes are in antarctica, a critical ice shelf safeguarding the, quote, doomsday glacier is at risk of falling. it s the size of florida. so what happens to sea levels if the doomsday glacier falls into the ocean? well, it s estimated the
new year s eve and ireland is implementing an 8:00 p.m. curfew for bars and restaurants. here in the u.s. omicron is expected to become the dominant variant, but as of now experts say the delta variant is driving this latesh surge. both cases and hospitalizations are at levels not seen since september at the end of the summer spike. dr. anthony fauci compares it to a war. we will win this war with this virus. we know the public health mitigations work. we ve just got to hang in there. we can t give up. vice president kamala harris is not helping the messaging and maybe adding to public jitters critics say by saying the white house didn t see either variant coming. she told the los angeles times, quote, we didn t see delta coming. i think most scientists did not upon whose advice and direction we have relied didn t see delta