also, that offers substantial improvement and at this point, he does not see the need to adjust the formula. our booster vaccine regiments work against omicron. at this point, there is no need for a variant specific booster. and so the message remains clear. if you are unvaccinated, get vaccinated and particularly in the arena of omicron, if you are fully vaccinated, get your booster shot. alexandria field has more. the u.s. crosses a terrible threshold. 800,000 covid related deaths. delta s toll continues across the country as omicron cases spread. the variant now in 36 states. we expect to see the proportion of omicron cases here in the united states continue to grow in the coming weeks. early data suggests that omicron