compared to its two dose regiment. and fresh evidence of covid starling impact on the unvaccinated. a massachusetts health department reports those who have not received a vaccine dose are 31 times more to test positive than those vaccinated with a booster. despite reports of breakthrough cases, the c.d.c. says nationwide those who are unvaccinated are 20 times more likely to die from covid than those boosted. in texas officials announce the first known covid des related to omicron. at houston methodist hospital more than 80% of new symptomatic covid cases are omicron. it took delta three months to reach that level. with omicron, less than three weeks. >> it's blowing delta out of the water in terms of how quickly it has spread. >> how bad could this get? i think omicron is likely to become 100% of the icelets we're seeing in houston easily by the end of the year if not by christmas. >> the director general of the