border because in terms of the merits of border measures, evidence has been received border measures, evidence has been received by border measures, evidence has been received by the inquiry to the fact that less received by the inquiry to the fact that less stringent measures like screening that less stringent measures like screening and leaflets and temperature checks are unlikely to work because they can be circumnavigated. practical difficulties with any border system of restriction. scientifically, there of restriction. scientifically, there was no support for complete trorder there was no support for complete border closure or quarantine because they are border closure or quarantine because they are very difficult to maintain and politically divisive and also unlikely and politically divisive and also unlikely to work? and politically divisive and also unlikely to work? yes, in a sense the technical unlikely to work? yes, in a sense the technicaljudgmen
going to impact the midterms and the odds? i do think it s going to impact the midterms. i don t know what s going to happen to the republican party to tell you the truth. i really don t. i want to know what the republican party was. i knew wooded stood. for it fought the last of the 2020 election without a platform. without a statement of what it believes. as well as what it wants to do. except we followed trump. that is what the party is about right now. good luck with that. because what direction is donald trump going to take you in? i don t think it s a good one. what will soon find out, eugene robinson, mike murphy, ten years old. joining the republican party again. learn about baseball kids. coming, out after days of tweeting bad news our next guest offers some optimism about omicron. when the 11th hour continues. when the 11th hour continues
back down by mid february. the number of cases in cities, and other areas of the community states will be quite. lowe will be left in a good place. almost everyone will have some sort of immunity, those who got a shot, some with breakthrough infections on top of that. and then the unvaccinated will get their immunity the hard way. they made a bad decision, they will almost certainly get omicron if they re not being super careful. so, i think will find our selves with a milder virus, will a high level population immunity, and in pretty good shape. how long that lasts, partly around will there be a new variant that s better at his job than omicron? i doubt it, but i doubted omicron would happen. i think we should have to wait and see. the other question is, for the unvaccinated people that got their immunity from an infection, how long does that immunity last and how robust is it? at this, point omicron is too new to know the answer to that. i m guessing that it will last for several mon
want to three or four different pharmacies to find a test, couldn t find one. should he take medications? i ve studied this. well, i m not sure. and then, the motion kicks in, and competes against the data. one morning, the day after he got sick, i called him up, and called him at 9:00, he did answer, called him a ten, he didn t answer. i went into his apartment, to find him to make sure he was still breathing. that was irrational, a news chances of dying were credibly small but when is your family member, the emotions are very difficult and the uncertainties are very staggering. overwhelmed by uncertainty and emotion. amazing, you study this. think about it except for the rest of us. i want to share a tweet that you posted, that raises a really important point about the virus. you wrote, this a, everyone will be exposed of omicron. be, everyone will get omicron. they are different. a promotes appropriate caution
till surgeons, boost counterproductive behavior as hospitals are overwhelmed. biggest difference, a is true, b is not. do the american people get that difference? i m not sure in some of the messages that have been coming up by federal government. they are muddying it a little bit. it is raining omicron. this virus is so incredibly transmissible, that it is literally every were. unless you are hiding under your kitchen table, you will be exposed to it. in san francisco, which is the most highly vaccinated city in the country, our estimate is about one in ten people walking around have it. you will be exposed to it. i don t believe that we will all get it. in fact, i m quite sure that we won t all get it. i ve had my three shots. i m going to do my darndest not to. in part because, it s highly likely that the surge is going to last a month or so, and then come back down. that s what s happened in south africa, it s happened in