heads to to florida. a full page ad from the new york times from the post popular democrat on the planet, the former first lady michelle obama. we begin this hour with the coronavirus and its staggering across-the-board disruchts the numbers are simply numbing. the united states is now averaging more than 100,000 new infections daily. that leading workers to call out sick at record numbers. up analysis estimates more than 5 million americans could be stuck at home ice late over the coming days meaning, of course, disruption across the economy. today in chicago some 340,000 students missing school for a fourth consecutive day as the teachers union and the city continue to fight over safety and reopening. their alliance cancelling thousands more flights over the weekend as covid outbreaks among workers continue, and the health care system is teetering. nearly one in four hospitals report critical staffing shortages. cnn s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is live w
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Chicago public schools cancel classes for a fourth day and los angeles unified school district requiring all employees to testify negative. 6 up,000 students in that system. 50,000 test come back positive. new york city schools so far haven t had to close. that school, you talked about health care. you see that in any business and people coming in sick or people short staffed when you go to the grocery store no matter where you are. where are we heading in the sense that some projections do believe by the end of the month or early next month omicron will have peaked. are we supposed to ride it out or what should we be doing? well, we re going to have to ride it out, but what i what i would love to see our leaders in our heart-hit places like new york and like d.c. and all across the country. i would like to hear our leaders basically level with the country and say, look, this virus is very hot right now. we ve never seen numbers of cases like this in the entire two years of this pa