douglas: i m in the i m not complying category. i do not comply. i will not comply with another mask mandate until such a time as health authorities point out fact that young people are least likely to be affected and most deadly for people who are overweight. i will not submit to across the nation mandate to wear a mask virtue of which are highly debatable if authorities are noting honest about this. they subjected a lot of overweight people, they covered the facts and they did not do that. harris: plus we ve had a hes wave, people are indoors like on a cold winter. kayleigh: where was the
serious illness than delta, a surge in cases would mean at least some extra hospital admissions. one group of modellers has come up with a range of scenarios, depending on what happens with the virus and the ta ke up of boosters. they say in the worst case scenario in england, there could be more than 6,000 hospital admissions a day compared with just under 4,000 at the peak last winter. in the best case, they say it would be around 2,000 admissions a day in england, and all of that assumes that previously announced restrictions haven t been changed. the picture seems bleaker, but vaccine coverage is much more widespread than in the january wave, deaths, for now, are a lot lower, and there are more therapies for covid patients. hugh pym, bbc news. so dire warnings in the uk. but of course, it s not just here that omicron is spreading rapidly. south africa where the variant was first
very busy time for you. thank you in advance for that. i have to say, and i m sure many in our audience at the same thing, it feels like we ve been here before. winter, rising covid cases, just this time it s omicron. how prepared potentially is the us for another wave? for another wave? thank you for havin: for another wave? thank you for having me- for another wave? thank you for having me- i for another wave? thank you for having me. ithink for another wave? thank you for having me. i think our for another wave? thank you for i having me. i think our preparation is quite variable across this nation. there are some areas with a lot of vaccine coverage in the highest risk group in their areas where the virus is going to find out for itself that we don t have enough protection. i think that we ve done a good job in getting nursing homes vaccinated in the early phase. and now we ve seen that flag again. we seenin now we ve seen that flag again. we seen in a lot of cases staff wor
the big risk here? absolutely. and sure many of you remember - the big risk here? absolutely. and sure many of you remember that i the big risk here? absolutely. and| sure many of you remember that in 2019, 2020 summer we had a bad summer here. we had record breaking temperatures, horrible bushfires in really bad air quality because of those bushfires it really tight link between that heat, consequential drought and also bushfire weather. at that summer a lot of those heat and bushfire conditions were actually limited to the southeast of australia for the places like melbourne thomas ne, cambria the really populated parts of australia this on the particular heat wave is occurring in the northwest because a much more sparsely populated it is certainly forecasting increased bushfire risk over that part of the country. we recently had some do not bushfires in perth although that s a lot further south than this current he s wave. lot further south than this current has wave- lot further s