of wanting to declare victory over this virus and over this pandemic. american people hear me. we ll be living with this for awhile but we got the tools and vaccinations and boosters that are effective against infection, 90% against hospitalization, 95% against death if you re fully vaccinated and boosted and unfortunately, one of the things that comes out of omicron beyond 22,000 people dying a day is many more will have baseline immunity there. we ll transition into an era where you re starting to see cases delinked from hospitalizations and from deaths moving forward but will get there quicker if people get vaccinated, boosted and take precautions in the meantime. doctor, you said both administrations were guilty saying we defeated. did the biden administration actually say that? we know jaul last year the president said we were turning the page on covid. we know they said we wouldn t have to mask anymore and i don t want people to mishear me.
the prediction of the swing and summer because every time it s happened, there is a new variant around the corner. there is a new variant that u.k. data suggests is more contagious than omicron but doesn t appear to be more severe. how do you deal with the new variants as you try to move back to normal? deal with it with honesty. don, we ve talked about this before. both administrations were guilty of wanting to declare victory over this virus and over this pandemic. american people hear me. we ll be living with this for awhile but we got the tools and vaccinations and boosters that are effective against infection, 90% against hospitalization, 95% against death if you re fully vaccinated and boosted and unfortunately, one of the things that comes out of omicron beyond 22,000 people dying a day is many more will have baseline immunity there. we ll transition into an era