it won t happen until january. there will be a website where people can order these tests. there is a lot we don t know. yeah, it s fascinaing and you look at the numbers we gotten far on hospitalizations. the infections look higher than any time of our peak. the hospitalizations are still low. i know there is a lag between infections and hospitalizations and hospitalizations and deaths. at the same time it seems that we got a state of report showing that this omicron way may be shorter and not as deadly as past waves. right, we did get some good news yesterday, three studies across a couple of continents showing that omicron caused milder disease. something people are not
lines. jobs claim will be in focus. the number of people filing claims did rise last week. they need the job picture to remain strong and intensify the rate as which they scale back economic stimulus and allow interest rates to rise. the other part will be inflation, consumer spending later today and that s expected to slow in the month of november and stocks again are up on track to close the week higher, mika and joe. unbelievable. you look at those numbers and the future, two strong days, looks like we ll start out with stronger days and shaking up in inflation fears. looks like it s all focus on omicron when the news is good on omicron. it s reflected in the markets. cnbc s seema mody, thank you so much. one wheel of fortune contestant is getting an early
go and talk to the public, andy, don t worry about how i look. worry about giving people the information they need to survive this and thrive. and just be straight with folks. that means sometimes telling them, hey, we re going to face a shortage for a period of time, sometimes it means saying there are some things that are out of our control but i completely agree with you people want to be talk to like adults, they don t expect there to be every answer and people are exhausted, are tired of this, and will be upset with the people in charge because they want it to go away. i think the president understands that but it doesn t deter him from saying we have to protect as many people as possible. we ve heard from the president and vice president and other members of his team saying that no one could have seen this coming, this new variant, the omicron variant. as you know there are some white
getting vaccinated. at the same time we are seeing people moving towards vaccinations and after the fear of omicron and just extraordinary huge goals of those who are unvaccinated and those who are vaccinated and those who have the booster. if you have the booster, one friend acquaintance after another that s gotten this variant, they re boosted and they don t even have a fever. it s not as bad as the flu. we saw a surge of people going to protect themselvesand families with delta and we are seeing omicron right now and great news i don t think it s called breaking news on the supply chain.
the number so far with omicron? well, mika, we had last week, we saw numbers we have not seen in terms of cases throughout our response of the pandemic. good news, we also saw numbers of hospitalizations better than they were last month. so we continue to focus on for dc residents will be vaccinated and boosted and wearing a mask indoors but also in high gathering places where we know the virus transmits easily. we are going to begin requiring a vaccination to enter for patrons starting january 15th. jonathan lemire. i want to ask you about the vaccination requirements. we are seeing more cities across the country adopt similar measures. you said starting january 15th, my question is why wait that