85-90% of viral transmission happens in those first fife days which is why we really want people to stay home during that period of time and then mask for the rest of the time. howard: okay, sure. and on the today show and cnn, walensky dodged the questions. so from what you re saying, it sounds like this decision had just as much to do with business as it did the science. why should americans trust the cdc? my job right now is to take all of the science and the information that we have and to deliver guidance and recommendations to the american people. howard: the jig was up when anthony fauci admitted on msnbc that there was a strong economic motivation behind the move. that might have a negative impact on our ability to maintain the structure of society, of all the essential workers that you would need if you keep them all out for a period of ten days. howard: look, there should be a media debate over these strategies. but whether it s mandates or masks, remember w
penalites in the euros final. good penalites in the euros final. morning, under clears parts good morning, under clearskies in parts of scotland and northern england there is a touch of frost. rain moving from the south west heading north east and behind that, some mild air. all the details throughout the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, the 29th of january. our main story. the scottish parliament will be recalled this afternoon, as first minister nicola sturgeon delivers an update on rising coronavirus infections. a record number of cases were also recorded in england, but there are still no plans to bring in new restrictions before new year s eve. meanwhile, the uk health security agency has said it has doubled the number of lateral flow kits available, after a group representing thousands of independent pharmacies across the uk claimed the supply was patchy, and they were sending people away empty handed. james reynolds reports. this month in scotland, there have b
coronavirus infections have been a key metric in what s to come here. a first indicator, if you will, before hospitalizations and in worst cases death. but that may no longer be the case in 2022. i think this is the most important part of this moment in this pandemic. we have to do a shift. look, for two years infections always preceded hospitalizations which preceded deaths. so you could look at infections and know what was coming. this is the shift we ve been waiting for in many ways. we re moving to a phase where if you re vaccinated, particularly if you re boosted, you might get an infection. it might be a couple of days of not feeling so great but you re going to bounce back. that s very different than what we have seen in the past so i no longer think infections generally should be the major metric. obviously we can continue to track infections among unvaccinated people because those people will end up in the hospital at the same rate. we have to focus on hospitalizat
hopes will tell the story of our universe. the war on cancer, the power of science and music. ( singing ) one impressive young woman who s making it her mission to help others going through treatment. smaller christmas eve crowds as the pope s mass and in the biblical town of bethlehem but what s not missing is hope. and on the road, with a reminder that all it takes is one person to make a difference. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. yuccas: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thanks for joining us this christmas eve. i m jamie yuccas in for norah. we begin with the rise in omicron cases causing nightmares for holiday travelers. airlines have canceled more than 1,000 flights here in the u.s. and over 3,000 worldwide because employees are getting infected by the virus. in the last week, the number of average daily cases is up 45%. that surge is attributed to the fast-spreading omicron variant. there is one bi
unfortunate sequence of events. yuccas: the $10 billion telescope n.a.s.a. hopes will tell the story of your universe. the war on cancer, the power of science and music. ( singing ) one impressive young woman who s making it her mission to help others going through treatment. smaller christmas eve crowds as the pope s mass and in the biblical town of bethlehem but what s not missing is hope. and on the road, with a reminder that all it takes is one person to make a difference. yuccas: thanks for joining us. i m jamie uccas in for norah. we begin with the rise in omicron cases causing nighted mares for holiday travelers. airlines have canceled more than a thousand flights here in the u.s. and over 3,000 worldwide because employees are getting infect by the virus. in the last week the number of average daily cases is up 45%. that surge is attributed to the fast spreading omicron variant. there is one bit of good news. hospitalizations remain flat, hovering around 60,000 pat