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and republicans think less talk about trump is the path to more midterm election wins. we begin, though, with the coronavirus and what to many is a moment of frustrated covid confusion. the exploding case count is staggering and it is disruptive. yet the numbers also show hospitalizations and deaths are not climbing at the same rate of cases, proving omicron, for the most part, causes less severe illness. you can see that right here. this chart right here from dr. fauci, the yellow is omicron. smaller percentages of people admitted to the hospital, lower percentages of people who need oxygen, lower percentages of severe cases, lower percentages of death. the yellow is omicron. it is lower than delta or beta. get boosted, wear a masks indoors. while that advice is clear and it is constant, there is confusion for changed cdc guidance for those who do get infected. the isolation period is now cut to five days. they said, if you want to take a test after those five days, ....
a. today it s another week, potentially another shift in cdc guidance which could leave many americans scratching their heads wondering exactly how to approach the latest coronavirus wave. just a week ago the isolation period for people infected with covid was shortened from ten days to five, so what could potentially be changing now? here s secretary-general dr. mur thy this morning at cnn. guidance on shortening the isolation period was one that the cdc issued last week. they have certainly received feedback and questions about the role of testing in shortening that quarantine period and they are actually working right now on issuing a clarification on that. i would expect that any day now. so stand by for some sort of clarification potentially involving testing. meantime, where do we stand as a country? omicron now accounts for 95% of enough cases in the u.s. in the last week, and while those infections do appear in most cases to be milder, we know the nation s h ....
unions, nonetheless saying that they need to keep schools open amid the push by some teachers unions to return to remote learning. take a listen. we have no reason to think at this point that omicron is worse for children than previous variants. we know that our kids can be safe when in school, by the way. that s why i believe schools should remain open. those remarks come as pediatric hospitalizations are the highest they ve ever been during the pandemic, especially almost entirely among unvaccinated kids. children, according to the cdc, are the least vaccinated age group in the united states. those younger than 5, of course, still not eligible for a vaccine. let s get right to cnn s jeff zeleny live at the white house. biden s message today was, be concerned about omicron, but do not be alarmed. jake, it was. this was he was attending his first formal covid briefing of this new year. he bluntly acknowledged what s become obvious. that omicron cases are risi ....
destroyed buildings and homes in the snow that fell overnight our company their efforts. investigators are working to figure out what sparked the fast-moving fire in colorado near boulder county jeff paul joins us with the very latest. we discussed some good news one of the people accounted for, originally three now there s two the one person that they found is alive and well we just got an update a few seconds ago that should be a morale boost for search and rescue teams but also for the folks in the community that one person that was feared dead is found alive looking for two people and it s going to take some time because all of the snow. the other thing that is out there that were trying to get clarity on is the cause of the fire there is confusion whether downed power lines was the cause that has been repeated by the power company that said they didn t find any down power lines. the sheriff s office is getting a lot of tips because of one of the tips the executed ....
in the car and leave. the uk health service warns of significant pressure in the coming weeks, as covid infections reach a new high. the staff that are at work will be caring for more patients, trying to do more to cover for their missing colleagues, working extra hours, starting early, finishing late. the pressure will be immense. and goodbye to a golden girl the american actress and comedian, betty white, has died, just weeks before her one hundreth birthday. let s take you to those live pictures from athens with fireworks over its most famous landmark, the acropolis. greece s health minister said earlier this week that music the earlier this week that music omicron variant has b! dominant the omicron variant has become the dominant bearing only a month after it is been released. there s been a curb on new year s festivities with many parts of the world but these fabulous fireworks still lighting up the sky above the acropolis as greece welcomes in 2022 with the h ....