virus and save maryland hospitals. we also learned today that new military medical teams are fanning out to yet more states. military medical personnel are working in ten states across the country. here s my worry, the hospitalization numbers are tracking dramatically upward in multiple states now. on trajectories that look basically as steep as the incredible and unprecedented rise in case numbers that we re seeing now. infection numbers going up like crazy is one thing but seeing the graphs of hospitalization numbers going up just as steeply that is unsettle, too. the white house today announced they are doubling the size of the order they placed for pfizer very effective by scarce antiviral pill. the u.s. is ordering 20 million course of that pfizer treatment. instead of ten. the administration changed guidelines on boosters. saying pfizer booster five months after your second shot. rather than six. the fda is just approved booster
is good to see people finally coming around and get some of this honesty but why did it take so long. i was glad to see that question asked by bret baier, it s a really important question as we adjust on the show yesterday we were talking about hospitalization numbers and the power long last allowing us to openly discuss the distinction when it comes hospitalization. there s also questions about deaths how many were caused, 830 plus thousand in america alone which is horrible how many of those were caused by the virus and how many were partially due to the virus and how many were mostly or completely incidental. that will help us get a better picture and better public policy and here we are two years into this nightmare and the cdc director does not have the numbers at her fingertips to actually address that and see
shots for kids age 12 to 15. so, there s a lot going on, there s a lot of movement, there s a lot of action happening in terms to response to this wave but the hospitalization numbers and the case numbers are both looking scary right now, honestly. joining us now is dr. david kesler who has been a great source of guidance for us here over these past few months. he s the chief science advice to the biden administration, dr. kesler, thanks for making time tonight. thank you for having me, rachel. the president said if you are vaccinated and boosted you should look at the rising case numbers and current wave with concern. but not alarm. i will tell you honestly i feel alarmed looking at the hospitalization numbers rising so steeply. i was not alarmed about the case numbers rising because we ve been told and you ve explained that the cases in many cases are more mild.
voters because the leadership is coming across as duplicitous. they are trying to have it both ways. and what i am saying is, you don t get to have it both ways. donald trump is that next essential threat. from beginning to end. and if you don t state that clearly, you will see 70% of the voters go. they are all lying. and they are donald trump last the last election. michael steele, matthew dowd, every time i speak to, you make a sparkler. coming, up as the omicron surge continues. looking into the rising of hospitalization numbers. doctor vin gupta is here. when the 11th hour continues. when the 11th hour
me. let s start here with hospitalization numbers. we know that omicron appears to be for most people, those who are vaccinated and boosted, a bad cold, maybe a flu. so less severe than maybe delta or the wild strain. how do we approach this? how do we balance something that individually may be less severe, but is just over stressing america s hospitals? well, victor, you made a very important qualification. for those who are vaccinated and boosted, omicron may not become very severe. but if you re not vaccinated and certainly if you re not boosted as well, you really run the risk that you could be in a lot of hurt and pain and perhaps death if you don t get vaccinated and boosted. so, it s important if you want to stay out of the hospital, if you want to stay alive, if you want to be able to do the regular things in life, you should get vaccinated and boosted first and foremost. and what we want to do is make it so our health care workers don t continue to be exhausted,