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Good about them. yet, everything i m hearing from the media and particularly from these power brokers within these major american cities is still the same type of hysteria that i feel like i have been hearing for months on end. who is out of base here? am i wrong to feel like things are looking better? well, undoubtedly, ben, i can tell you that when you look at the media headlines and even some of the talking medicines coming out of the administration, it would seem that we are in a perpetual state of his tear i can t understand a panic. i can tell you by looking at global data, including data of the united states, whether it comes to the latest variant, omicron which is probably about 50% to 60% of cases right now in the united states, there are much less there are much more mild symptoms being reported with this variant that doesn t mean that people aren t going to be hospitalized with covid-19 anymore. what it means is that the majority of people who do get the omicron variant ....
The same goes for the official death rate from omicron - which is dramatically lower than for delta. the latest figures suggest this - fourth wave, which rose so steeply, is already starting to dip in south africa but we still need to be cautious. for a start, the official death toll is probably. a significant underestimate, | perhaps by a factor of three, and we still don t know why omicron seems to be leaving this country relatively unscathed. is it a sign that the variant - is less severe or could it be that so many south africans were exposed to previous variants and enjoyed - some immunity as a result? even if vaccination levels here remain pretty low. i or simply the fact that this . is a much younger population, the average age of about 13 years younger than britain. either way, mask wearing remains . strictly enforced here in public. but no other major restrictions have yet been brought in by the government. ....
Their vaccinations, but plans to have vaccine mandates for employers had been mired in the courts. now let s look at the situation in south africa with andrew harding in johannesburg. thank you, gary. south africa is the place - where omicron was first detected so there was a lot of interest - in how things are unfolding here, and so far, the outlook- is broadly very encouraging. hospital admissions l are still a tiny fraction of what they were at the same point as in previous waves. the same goes for the official death rate from omicron - which is dramatically lower than for delta. the latest figures suggest this - fourth wave, which rose so steeply, is already starting to dip in south africa but we still need to be cautious. for a start, the official death toll is probably. a significant underestimate, | perhaps by a factor of three, and we still don t know why omicron ....
Shocking statistics only 1.6 million doses of any kind, be that a first, second or booster, are being given each day at the moment put on that rate it will take a year at least to get the population boosted. joe biden is going to make a speech tomorrow announcing more help for under served communities, urging people to get their vaccinations, but plans to have vaccine mandates for employers had been mired in the courts. now let s look at the situation in south africa with andrew harding in johannesburg. thank you, gary. south africa is the place - where omicron was first detected so there was a lot of interest in how things are unfolding l here, and so far, the outlook is broadly very encouraging. i hospital admissions l are still a tiny fraction of what they were at the same point as in previous waves. the same goes for the official death rate from omicron - ....
BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) Omicron, a new COVID-19 variant, is whipping up winds of uncertainty around the world, as it makes its way to more countries and reg ....