spiking. that s new daily infections. thus far, though hospitalization in new york city, have not that is, daily average hospitalizations in new york. you see how hospitalizations basically followed along with case numbers, in the earlier peaks, that is not happening yet. in terms of this omicron driven surge, of new cases in new york. i mean. we are not sure if that trend will hold steady. the new york city health commissioner just told my colleague on msnbc, he expects the hospitalization rate in new york city to rise eventually. they re preparing for that but we will. see what we do know is that omicron now counts for 92% of the new covid cases in new york in new jersey. that s based on cdc data for the past. week last week the cdc reported that delta was the dominant strain, now the ctv says omicron is not only dominant there, and accounts for more than 73% of new covid cases nationwide. last week that figure was 3%,
the hospital, because the hospital cannot take more. ohio and indiana, in particular are both getting big new national guard deployments right. now 13 hospitals in indiana are getting national guard personnel to help them with their latest patient surge. in ohio more than 1000 members of the national guard started to pour into hospitals statewide. hospitalization there, just about matching their previous record. all three of those states that i just mentioned, as far as we know, the delta variant, of covid, is still the dominant strain they don t seem to have had a big new omicron driven surge there yet. if you want to look down the tunnel and what might be coming, for parts of that country, have a look at new york. for the past few, days new york has each day, broken its record for daily new covid cases. cases are rising beyond sharply in new york city, the surge shows no sign of letting up anytime, soon it s a very right side of your screen, the most recent dates. you see how that nu
drugs that they need and not given to big pharma and those big industries that have been lobbying for months. those are great of supporting senator manchin as he does what he does. that is one area. but i also think we want the president to look at things that are going to reduce cost for americans. at a minimum, he should continue the moratorium on student debt. because people can t afford to pay that right now. but we also want him to look at canceling student debt, at least $50,000 in student debt. so that people who are struggling right now with the surge of omicron can continue to lower the cost. because that is what build back better would ve done. it would ve lowered costs. and if we are not passing build back better, then we better look at other ways than we could lower costs. and finally rachel, i think the president has to consider taking serious action on fossil fuels. also on climate. because if we are not passing build back better anytime soon then we still need to address
hundreds and hundreds of dollars worth that we are dragging across the american border. it is about giving people the ability to have childcare. this is a time where we had a she session. women have been pushed out of the economy and they are waiting. these are real people. and the child tax credit, which is now not going to go out in january or february or probably march, is the meaning that millions of americans are going to be pushed back into poverty at a time when the virus is back on the surge. so yes. it is a tremendous frustration. because we all thought we were negotiating in good faith. and the optimist and chief of the rachel maddow show said that the things that we are working on our hard. if they were easy they were be done. they are not. they are hard. and we can t give up and we won t give up. and that is why we will pursue a two track strategy now to vote push for the build back