approaching 200,000. the new york times reports the now-dominant omicron variant is spreading faster than any variant so far and daily case counts surpassed those at delta s peak. experts who ve been watching this latest outbreak expect invocations skyrocket, and many fear we may be looking at an unprecedented winter surge. it s going to be quite an ordeal. the virus is leading everything. we re in reactive mode constantly. there are now growing concerns about shortages of health care workers. late today the cdc revised its guidelines saying those workers who tested positive who are asymptomatic can come back to work after seven days and a negative test, adding that isolation time can be cut further if there continue to be staffing shortages. in many parts of the nation, lines to get a covid test continue to stretch for blocks ahead of the holidays. and supplies of at-home tests continue to run out. nbc news reports the dozen or so companies authorized to make those tes
how are you doing? hey, listen one of the reasons i call her the upgrade is because i ve been calling her that for over a year now. i know that. i know that. good to see you. good to see you, brother. i know you had a great thanksgiving. i know you did. i miss you and i m grateful for your friendship and love. i think you re fantastic, one of the kindest people i know on this planet and there you go. i meant every word. i m thankful for you in my life. it was great to see you having a good time. i like the friends-giving tradition. for us it was great to be in the house for the first time and was all good, man. one memory at a time. it s always better with you but good to know you were having fun. i m glad you got to be with your family. i do friends-giving and do a big christmas and new years with my family before i head off and do the thing with anderson and andy but i m a little worried. we don t know what is going to come up. i say better safe than sorry but
Approaching 200,000. the new york times reports the now-dominant omicron variant is spreading faster than any variant so far and daily case counts surpassed those at delta s peak. experts who ve been watching this latest outbreak expect invocations skyrocket, and many fear we may be looking at an unprecedented winter surge. it s going to be quite an ordeal. the virus is leading everything. we re in reactive mode constantly. there are now growing concerns about shortages of health care workers. late today the cdc revised its guidelines saying those workers who tested positive who are asymptomatic can come back to work after seven days and a negative test, adding that isolation time can be cut further if there continue to be staffing shortages. in many parts of the nation, lines to get a covid test continue to stretch for blocks ahead of the holidays. and supplies of at-home tests
Aren t as effective at omicron, at delta, the more antibodies, the more protection. i know you have a lot of questions. everyone i know has a lot of questions. they ve been asking me. we don t know everything. and we re going to explain all of you, to all of you and go through it to the best of our knowledge and explain what is going on with this omicron variant detected in southern africa but there is a lot that we don t know and it could take weeks until we have the answers for you. it is is it more transmissible? i don t know. is it more severe or dangerous than other variants? is it more resistant to vaccines? moderna s chief medical officer says this. this virus probably emerged around early october in south africa or botswana and suddenly in early november explodes to become the dominant strain
Growing. some major airlines including united taking to twitter this morning typing, quote, united is notifying the nra that we will no longer offer a discounted rate to their annual meeting and we are asking the nra remove our information from their website. you look at the competition s website over at delta, also a similar message posted there. the airline writing delta is reaching out to the nra to let them know we will be ending their contract for discounted rates through our group travel program. we ll be asking that the nra remove our information from their website. these are just two of several large u.s. companies when you look at the list ready for the last 24 hours. these are some of the organizations and some of the companies that have severed ties with the nra, including first national bank of utah. they said customer feedback prompted them to not renew their contract and they are not offering the nra visa card.