school closures despite a covid surge driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant. he says we re better prepared now than in the army prevaccine days of the pandemic. we should all be concerned about omicron, but not panicked. and, no, this is not march of 2020. 200 million people are fully vaccinated. we re prepared. we know more. we just have to stay focused. as for the unvaccinated, the president says it is their patriotic duty to get the shot. and he had a stark warning for those who do not. almost every who has died from covid-19 in the past many months has been unvaccinated. and i honest to god believe it s your patriotic duty. the choice can be a difference between life or death. please, get vaccinated. so the white house planned to combat the virus includes expanding testing sites across the country, distributing 500 million free at-home tests to those who request them. estates that is righting next month. deploying 1,000 service members to strained hos
nice to be with you, my friend. president biden says if you are vaccinated, and boosted, go ahead, spend the holidays with family and friends. the president says the rapidly spreading omicron variant is cause for concern, but not panic. the country is much better prepared now to tackle a covid resurgence than in the early prevaccine days. for the millions who remain unvaccinated, there was this stark warning. almost everyone who has died from covid-19 in the past many months has been unvaccinated. i honest to god believe it is your patriotic duty, the choice can be the difference between life or death. please get vaccinated. the biden administration s response to skyrocketing omicron cases includes expanding test sites across the country, distributing at-home tests to those who request them, deploying a thousand service military members to help overburdened hospitals and adding new vaccination sites. elizabeth cohen joining us now. elizabeth, good morning. a lot of fo
I call on the per veighers of these lies and misinformation to stop it, stop it now. strong words from the president there yesterday, but as you might predict, they re having no effect among those who have been promoting vaccine misinformation. for instance, tucker carlson last night, first few moments of the program he was trafficking in a bunch of anti-vaccine rhetoric. interesting, donald trump talking about the efficacy of the boosters and the vaccines and how people should take them. oliver darcy, thank you very much. thank you. new day continues right now. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, december 22nd. i m john berman. brianna is off. erica hill with me. great to have you here all week.