Kids back into school. This as nbc news has obtained a dire new warning from the White House Coronavirus task force saying that the vaccine will not be able to curb the spread until late spring at the earliest. Now urging states to implement harsher restrictions as the winter surge continues. I want you to remember, this is coming from the white house, whose overwhelming message from the beginning of this pandemic has been to open up, to remain open. They have fought any sort of shutdowns. They are now recommending more restrictions, and this morning, more than 104,000 americans waking up in hospital beds. The highest number to date. With many more americans that cant even get into hospital beds. These hospitals cant keep up. New data shows that hospitals serving more than 100 million americans, theyve got less than 15 of their icu beds left remaining. I want to start with our team of reporters showing what this looks like across our country. Allison barber and ashley burns. Allison, t
Populations. And as i said, we heard yesterday from two men who gave us some good reason to be cautiously optimistic about where were headed. We heard from Federal Reserve chairman jay powell who said the fed will keep fighting the economic fallout from the virus, and we saw it from dr. Anthony fauci who praised, quote, clearcut evidence that the antiviral drug remdesivir cuts down the time patients are spending in the hospital. Heres what he said earlier on the today show. Its the first step in what we project will be better and better drugs coming along. So its good news, but i was very serious when i said this is not the total answer by any means. But its a very important first step. Well take some good news from dr. Fauci all day, every day. Weve got reporters spread out across the country to help tell this story. Lets start with shannon pettypiece. She covers the white house. This drug is very good news, but its a treatment. Its not a cure. Its not a vaccine. We know a vaccine is
NBC News correspondent Gabe Gutierrez and PBS NewsHour correspondent Yamiche Alcindor joined Stephanie Ruhle with breaking updates on the coronavirus pandemic and the Biden administration's response. Brown University School of Public Health Dean, Dr. Ashish Jha, and Heritage Surgical Group general surgeon, Dr. Stavros Christoudias, share their medical expertise following news that the omicron variant is the dominant Covid strain in the United States. "It's going to spread like wildfire," Christoudias says.