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that doesn't seem to be happening at the same level as the delta care. very, and so is it is no time to perhaps, you know, tick, the breaks off the risk averse situation and maybe try to see more people as many as they can. yes. so the, the numbers going is obviously, quite right to the members are increasing. the morbidity is, at the level it was before. i think i just need to be clever, right? how we interpret that data. so i'm all for you. we've collected a lot of data through the steps, questionnaires and, and it is important to get that data. but then we need to drill down into the data and look at the sickness levels. are the people who are 6 big people who are dying, what are they dying from? we need to be cover in terms of fundable. ready from this virus that they are fully protect when they're going to hospital right in the front line and the stories where people still haven't got the protection of the require. all of those things are necessary, but we need to be we're going to have to live with this one is for a long time. as many have said tha

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showing that the risk of hospitalization or death was 65% lower with omicron compared to delta and the risk of intensive care was 83%. if you go now to animal studies, these are interesting, but there is always a caveat associated with animal studies. in a number of studies, in mice and hamster models, it was shown that omicron proliferates very well in the upper airway but actually very poor way in the lungs -- poorly in the lungs, which goes along with the concept that you have a very transmissible virus but a virus that has less pathogenicity in the lungs. let us look at the bottom line of what i said. multiple sources of now preliminary data integrate decreased severity with omicron. however, we really do need more definitive assessment of severity with longer-term follow-up here and in different countries, but the big caveat is we should not become licensed. -- not be complacent. since the increased transmissibility may be overridden by the sheer number of cases that may be of reduced severity but could stress our hospital system, because a certain proportion of a large volume of cases are going to be s

especially as omicron has shown we jaime -- we may have been thinking about endemicity with delta, but omicron does not careut prior infection. so what would it have meant if we had declared it with delta? kriti: let's take that flulike definition, the idea that it does become kind of like the flu. the testing procedures, are they really prepared for something like that? if i get the flu right now, i can get the medicine, i can isolate, i can work from home. can you say that about covid in terms of testing measures and healing, or the drugs you have to take to get better? sam: perhaps you could say that for some countries. in the u.k. it is relatively easy because you can have them at home, and perhaps that is part of the reason why our case counts are lower because we don't have to register everything will time we are positive because i can just do that at home and get away with it. or not get away with it, but not have to have it in the infection numbers. in france you have to go to a pharmacy or a lab, etc., to get a free test. of course, in the u.s., it is up in the air because people once the free test

delta. it is not translating into intensive care units getting filled up, not translating into higher numbersaths. but all three people said that plan b are enough for now and everybody must remain cautious and get a job. i thought you heard some of the same exasperation that you heard from president biden. he said it is crazy that 9 million egible britons still have not had their booster jab. ros: you emphasize the fact that the correlation betwee case numbers and hospitalizations is being changed by the vaccine, but our staffing levels and crucial services, particularly the nih, being impacted because people have to isolate? >> the government has always talked about the need to protect the nhs from being overwhelmed. that remains the key focus of government policymaking at the moment. that is the yardstick they will measure the fight against omicron against. in one sense, that is about trying to prevent people from going into hospital with the disease that will overwhelm hospitals. it is also clear that so many members of staff are having to self-isolate after havinto test dust after testin

delta. >> reporter: still health care workers here, working harder, longer and with seemingly no end to there patient and be kinder with each other. everybody has got their own struggles, whether it's where they work or what they're dealing with their families. people has had losses personally. we all need to work to be kind er i think. >>. >> i was struck by the possess similar. usually they see the light at the end of the tunnel. they feel it has only gotten longer. they have no way if another wave is on the horizon. john. >> they have been through so much. they're only human at this point. we have asked them to be super human and have for two years now. miguel, you are super human. thank you for bringing us these stories. >> reporter: you got it. >>> fbi searching inside a congressman's home. what did they want? >>> and the cia behind the illness of the havana syndrome. what is behind the illness that left embassy personnel sick? ♪ ♪ kiss the people you love. mark this moment in time, and celebrate every kiss. [school bus passing by] [kids laughing] [bikes passing] [fire truck siren] [fi

they've been taught about a mandate designed for delta song we saw that the mandate was for health care, we come to recognize that delta now represents less than 2% of all the covid viruses out there. that's according to the cdc. a study just came out of southern california that it's so mild that at a 52,000 omicron cases, not a single person went on to need a ventilator. so i'm concerned that they are using and accurate data that is clearly from the same -- this mandate is a timing problem. it takes a couple weeks for people to come in and for heaven six weeks for the immunity to kagan that's when omicron would've peaked and be a very low levels of the time. >> so the president obviously is not happy with the osha mandate today. said he was disappointing of the courts but also he went on to add and have their own vaccine mandates. because he thinks that they should. now we have the sub tweet from her jonathan turley that supreme court decision is a reality call. you cannot change the weather by yelling at it. the same is true with politics and the law it is time for the administration

delta. and the risk of intensive care was 83 percent next slide. if you go now to in vitro animals studies, these are interesting. but remember, there is always a caviar associated with animals studies and a number of studies, ones that have done individually and cooled in my son hamster models. it was shown that the virus of our micron proliferates very well in the upper air way in bronchitis. but actually very poorly in the lungs, which actually goes along with those improve goes along with the concept that you have a very transmissible virus with upper airway secretion. but a virus that has less pathogenic city in the long next slide. so let's look at the bottom line of what i said, and i'll get to the caveat in a moment. multiple sources of now preliminary data indicate a decrease decrease severity with i'm a crime. however, we really do need more definitive assessment of severity with longer term follow up here and in different countries. but the big caveat is we should not be complacent. since the increased transmitter ability of varian may b

delta. >> reporter: still, health-care workers here, like everywhere, working harder, longer, and with seeminglybad mood. >> everybody just needs to try to be a little more patient, be kinder with each other. everybody's got their own struggles, whether it's where they work or what they're dealing with with their families, people's had losses. so we just need to all work together to be a kind of place, i think. >> reporter: i was really struck by the pessimism that a lot of the health-care workers i spoke to had this time around. when the vaccine came out, they were hopeful the end was in sight. when they were getting through the delta variant and that wave, they were hopeful the end is in sight. they are not sure now, how deep or how long this current wave is or whether another one's on the horizon. erin. >> all right. miguel, thank you very much from lexington, tonight. thanks very much to all of you for joining us around the world. "ac 360" starts now. >>> good evening. tonight, a president on the defensive tries to regain the initiative and a former president's battle to keep his white house

delta marion, all across, has almost no care about that. has really high. and we affectionately and really have that seen contrition, the key to stopping it, stopping and slowing transmission. that's why we have to take a blanket decide on measures, mouth testing, mass vaccine requirements, mouse mask mandates, and mask that ventilation and air just infection standards. we have to stop the transmission because even if it's slightly milder overwhelming, exponential increase will ultimately completely over one health care system in the road rest who survive, lead to long copays. and that cost is not just now, but we're years and they have the decades to come. moscow's president andre manuel love has over door, has tested positive for coven 19. for the 2nd time. he says he only has light symptoms, but it comes as mexico reports a record number of cases. alberto claims hospitalizations and deaths are not increasing at the same rate. experts say these indicators lag behind infections by several weeks. nicaragua. busy president on your tag has been sworn in for f

more than 200,000 people died across india last spring, after a wave of delta variant infections that brought the health careand brazil, but under—reporting is widespread and some studies have estimated its actual toll could be up to ten times higher. the omicron variant is expected to hit hard but with fewer cases expected to need hospital treatment, some experts warn another lockdown and its economic impact is just not worth it. just briefly have a look at the scene in paris this... as well this afternoon. our going on specifically about faxing passports. i am trying desperately to find out how many people have turned up to this protest at the moment. clearly a very wet day in paris. that might have had an impact as well. that protest is ongoing. we've had some fairly ripe language from the president they are. about his despairing attitude if we could call it that for those who have not had a vaccine yet. there are about 5 million people who still are about 5 million people who still are not vaccinated against covid—19. we will take a look at the weather here in this country. now it's time for a look at th

what are you seeing in terms of severity of omicron cases versus are you still taking care of people who have deltaof covid patients for the last 23 months. through each surge i've been in the unit helping to take care of people and one thing that's really remarkable is i have yet to take a patient that is fully vaccinated. in other words, being fully vaccinated is like having -- critical illness -- [inaudible] >> in terms of severity, it does appear that the critical illness we see from omicron is a bit less severe than delta, thank goodness. we are hearing from colleagues in new york city that they are seeing that. but it appears that the degree of -- people need to be on the ventilator shorter with omicron than delta. that being said, they still need to be on the ventilator. they still take up a lot of -- [inaudible] >> we really need to get people fully vaccinated. anita: that's good to hear that the vaccines are providing the layer of protection. real quick, i want to ask you about therapeutics down the road. are you able to use therapeutics in the hospital? are you using those as well? doctor

because they are clear that the severity of omicron is much less than the delta and it's not translating into intensive careot translating into higher numbers of deaths. so we are monitoring the data but at the moment all three of the people in downing street today led by the premises at that point out, plan b, those measures passed in opposition before christmas are enough, for now that everybody must remain cautious and of course get a vaccine. i thought you had from the prime minister some of the exasperation we heard from president biden a few minutes ago. he said it's crazy that 9 million eligible britons that have not had their boosterjob and he employed people to go and get it. he boosterjob and he employed people to go and get it— to go and get it. he emphasised the fact that the — to go and get it. he emphasised the fact that the correlation _ to go and get it. he emphasised the fact that the correlation between - fact that the correlation between case numbers and hospitalisations is very much been changed by the fact __ by very much been changed by the fact —— by the vaccine. isn't there another f

of so you base if that even if you had previous immunity to alpha variance on delta variance on the cross has almost no care about that. it has really high and we infections and really have not seen contrition. kita stopping it, stopping and slowing transmission. that's why we have to take a break at this. i don't measures math testing mass vaccine requirements, mouse math mandates. and you know, math, that ventilation and air just infection standards. we have to start to transmission because even if it's slightly milder overwhelming, exponential increase will ultimately completely over one how care system in for the rest to survive the, to long covey. and that cost is not just now, but where years they have the decades to come less because president other a manual life has over the has tested positive for coven 19 for the 2nd time. he says he only has light symptoms, but it comes as mexico report. so record number of new cases. but alberto claims hospitalizations in death are not increasing the same right. expense. have these indicators like behind infections by several weeks. 0 sanctions on integration da

careful. >> still see substantial transmission of very severe delta variant and hospitalizations and deaths continue to be caused by that. important note with omicron in particular, it's very infectious, more than delta, so even if it is less likely for each person who gets infected to cause severe outcomes, fact there are so many omicron infections going on remains of considerable concern. >> joining us tonight, dr. peter chin-hong, one of our experts, are some people asking if they should get covid-19 to get it over with? >> numerous reports of people at least asking the question. >> from medical perspective, dealing with covid cases, would you recommend anyone try to get this? >> definitely, 100% don't try to get omicron intentionally please. multiple reasons, one is you don't want to get sick, it's not a walk in the park itself. you don't know if you'll get chronic symptoms, we don't know enough about omicron right now. second set of reasons has to do with the community, you may be exposing loved ones, immunocompromised or elderly, trying to get hospital bed when hospitals are full. you

olympics with beijing is one of the venues. hospitals and intensive care units in peru are filling to capacity as the alma cronan delta variance surge across the country. the number of new infections is not its highest ever soaring to 30000 a day. half of all covered 19 patients in peruse hospitals, unvaccinated. those are the headlines, manu sphere on al jazeera, after witness, which is coming up next. ah, each and every one of us, i've got a response, a change our 1st a we could do this experiment by diversity could increase just a little bit that wouldn't be worth doing. anybody had any idea that it would become a magnet movies, it could be ready for women to get 50 percent representation in the constituent assembly here in a extremely important service that they provide to the city i. we need to take america to try to bring people together and trying to deal with people who can lead beyond ah no no no. 2 you don't want to sandra a new month. you wanted someone to not be darling. someone came on the same plane for me. no, no, no. so the format that could cause the man the no, no, no. not a salute. the 2 additional

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that the risk of hospitalizations or death were 65% lower among omicron compared to delta and the risk of intensive care was 83%. if you go now to in vitro animal studies, these are interesting but remember, there is always a caveat associated with animal studies. and in a number of studies, ones that have done individually and cooled in mice and hamster models, it was shown that the virus of omicron proliferates very well in the upper airway and bronchi, but poorly in the lungs which actually goes along with, doesn't prove, but goes along with the concept that you have a very transmissible virus with upper airway secretion, but a virus that has less pathogens in the lungs. let's look at the bottom line of what i said and i'll get to the caveat in a moment. multiple sources of now preliminary data indicate a decreased severity with omicron. however, we need more definitive assessment of severity with longer-term followup here and in different countries. but the big caveat is we should not be complacent. since the increased transmissibility of omicron might be overridden by the volume of the number of ca

care workers. we had nurses that we lost from attrition prior to our delta surge. before the mandates were announced. that's been the issue. i obviously disagree with you on your characterization of the vaccine. the health care shortages right now problem before those mandates came in. we've got to take stock of how difficult this has been for frontline health care workers. i haven't gotten support they need. these are folks that in the early days, i remember as well. i'm an er doc and i still practice. we were wearing garbage bags as ppd, reusing n95's for weeks on end. crazy stuff. that pace really carried on for much of the pandemic. it's been a very trying couple of years. a lot of people are burnt out. i don't blame them for that. we have to find a way to support those on the front lines. host: romney in arkansas. -- ronnie in arkansas. caller: i wanted to make a comment and question him about the vaccines actually spreading the virus. it seems to make that the children weren't affected by the delta and the other variants, but when this variant came on the scen

delta was the dominant variant, so boosting remains the highest possible. for those with two doses, after six months, the vaccines were 76% effective against urgent care and emergencytment visits primarily during the delta surge. during omicron, that fell to 38%. and for the unvaccinated, new cdc data shows those 65 and older were nearly 50 times more likely to be hospitalized last month than those who were bostoned. >> these new studies should erase any doubt about the importance of boosters at this point in the pandemic. i think there's been, unfortunately, so much muddled messaging that made it sound like boosters are a knife to have, rather than really something essential. >> reporter: so far less than half of those eligible to get boosters have gotten them. meanwhile, omicron's rapid spread is straining hospitals which are at a record high and some essential services. entertainment also taking hits, like curtains closing for adele's residency in las vegas. >> we've been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and covid. >> reporter: but with vaccinations on the rise and cases beginning to decline in some cases, experts hope the country is finally turning the c

delta marion's on the cross or has almost no care about that. it has really high re infection, lates and really how vaccine penetration in many ways to stop the key to stopping it again. we cannot invent more doctors and nurses overnight. the key to stopping it is stopping and slowing transmission down. it's why we have to take of blanket societal measures, mass testing, mass vaccine requirements, masks, mask mandates. and you know, mass val, ventilation, and air disinfection. sanders, we have to stop the transmission because even if it's slightly milder and it's not much milder, it's still more severe to move on stream. overwhelming. exponential increase will ultimately not completely over on health care system in the road rest, who survive or lead to long. cobit and that cost is not just now before it years and perhaps the decades to come. you made an interesting ploy, which i just wanna kind of expand a little bit. you can't invent. you said doctors and nurses overnight. so there is already a recruitment crisis going on. but is this crisis go

the risk of hospitalizations or death were 65% lower only month omicron compared to delta and the risk of intensive care was 83%. next slide. if you go to in vitro animal studies, these are interesting. remember, there's always a caveat associated with animal studies. in a number of studies, ones that have done individually and cooled in mice and hamster models, it was shown the virus of omicron pro live rates very well in the upper airway and bron kai, but very poorly in the lungs, which actually goes along with -- doesn't prove but goes along with the concept that you have a very transmissible virus with upper airway secretion, but a virus that has less pathogenicity in the lung. next slide. let's look at the bottom line of what i said, and i'll get to the caveat in a moment. multiple sources of now preliminary data indicate a decreased severity with omicron. however, we really do need more definitive assessment of severity with longer-term followup here and in different countries. but the big caveat is we should not be complcomplacent. since the increased transmissibility of omicron might be overridd

one of the things -- correct me if i'm wrong on this -- is omicron doesn't care if you've had this before, like if you've had deltathe alpha variant of this, it doesn't offer you immunization against the omicron variant. does omicron -- do we know if omicron cares whether you've had omicron before? >> we don't know that yet. >> stephen: people talk about, well, if it's less severe, why don't we have chickenpox parties and we'll get together, have a kissing booth, everybody gets omicron and we all don't get that sick and we're all done. you don't recommend that approach? ( laughter ) >> i definitely don't. we know if you're vaccinated, you're 17 times less likely to be in the hospital than if you're unvaccinated, and if you're vaccinated, you're 20 times less likely to die than unvaccinated. we know some vaccinations give you some protection against omicron. but probably being previously infected from delta or the wild type won't protect you against omicron. we think omicron might protect you against delta and, therefore, suggests that omicron may protect you against omicron. sorry. ( laughter ) >> stephen: there a

risk of being hospitalized with omicron is half as high as with the delta delta variant and your risk at needing emergency care is only one third as high. more importantly is the distinction between the vaccinated and unvaccinated. the uk analysis, which looked at astrazeneca, moderna and pfizer vaccines estimated people with two doses of the vaccine plus a booster shot are 88% less likely to be hospitalized than those without vaccinations. even if you get the virus, if you are double vaccinated and boosted, you are still an estimated 81% less likely to be hospitalized than if you are unvaccinated. if you get the virus and have had two doses of the vaccine, no booster, you are estimated to be 65% less likely to be hospitalized. in the united states at least hospitalization numbers themselves or fleeting. "the new york times" reported this week two major new york hospitals, 55% to 65% of covid hospitalizations were people coming to the hospitals for other reasons than covid and once there testing positive for covid. u.s. health officials have also noted the growing evidence that supports omicron is less severe

delta. some of the interior spots. you had the sacramento valley be careful.g to see some thick fog overnight tonight, early tomorrow morning. i know a lot of folks want to run up to the sierra nevada. but watch out for that fog, especially early in the morning hours, temperatures outside almost uniform lot of 50's around the bay area. 55 in san francisco. 56 in hayward, 57 in san jose 59 degrees in of the forecast models trying to bring a little more rain. back into the bay area. you can see in the central valley, the showing some of that fog through the central valley. if you're traveling down toward los angeles, you taken 9, 5, yeah, watch out for that fog, too. the meantime, though, overnight tonight that fall kind of fill in overnight tonight across much of the central valley as it does tomorrow. you're going to see a mixed bag. you can see that fog in the morning giving way to some sunshine in the afternoon, but it should be mostly dry day and then we're going to see a friday rollingwood. you know, there's another storm system doesn't look like a real st

care about is vaccines. the vaccines continue to work against covid and delta and the latest omicron mutation. as we start the year, it is worth a moment to know and reflect on what we know we have learned. we know personal fatigue does not impact the pandemic any more than changing the year from 2021 to 2022. yet we also know vaccines do impact the pandemic and its severity and its spread which is why the vaccinated largely live through even through the unfortunate contraction of covid and so many unvaccinated end up severely hurt, damaged, hospitalized or dead. we know one shot is better than none, and two is better than one and three, boosted, is better than two. so maybe there's a new year's resolution here for this pandemic era. let's continue to focus on what we know together. and if you want to be involved in news and information, and many people do. we all have the internet, all publishers in a way if we want to be. let's try to spread facts more than we spread the virus and let's try to spread facts more than we spread anger and judgment of others and the way they make their decisions

that fog going to be prevalent probably right to the delta into the central valley. so be careful.ing to make a road trip up to the tahoe area. see a lot of that ground fog over the next few days. temperatures over the next couple. not bad. it's not as cold it has been so i think we get to thursday. we're going to feel that sunshine. enjoy all of it. this is going to be be gone forever. >> well look happen to be on one man side with his favorite team helped him find his ring while driving home from sunday's tennessee titans game. chad davis realized that he didn't have his titans themed wedding band on his finger. he went into panic mode. as you might well imagine and told his son to post a incident online after hundreds of retweets by fans. the team sent out a crew to search the area with davis had been sitting and about 90 minutes later. they found the ring and they are now working to get it back to him. >> oh, my gosh. that's why love this team to be honest. i mean, that's why that's why this. it's that simple. love. this team. >> even has a houston church where the titans origi

care workers. >> omicron is not delta. it's a different ball game altogether.y if we want to continue, engaging and working with an open country as much as possible throughout this pandemic. >> reporter: to that end, bennett also announced that quarantine requirements would be lifted completely on people exposed to an omicron carrier, so long as they test negative and vaccinations are up to date. with long lanes and cases doubling every few days, israel is bracing itself or to the full force of its fifth covid wave. it may not last. >> our projection is this wave will be rather quick and within three weeks i estimate that at least 2 million people hear in israel, which is about one fourth the population is going to be infected. and that may lead to a sort of herd immunity after which we may see a slowdown. >> reporter: for now, though, israel is hoping the lower level of severity, together with the rollout of a second booster, will help keep the number of serious cases down and like other covid waves before it, this one, too, shall pass. and another piece of ne

optimistic that it might lead to less severe illness but still, combination of delta and omicron so we have to be careful there's one thing clear here, alicia, expecting 2 and a half million expected infections day to day over the next month and it's going to be a long tail. still million estimated infections through the the country into march. after that, the number of kids ending up in the hospital is a small percentage so i think we still need to have contact care and those going into hospital, moderate symptoms, a few days of observation, make sure no one is ending up in the pediatric icu. yes, there are cases, but not too many. contact care is important, masking everybody, kids and adult staff, mandatory vaccines for anybody eligible on the adult side, ideally required before, those who are eligible, testing, if those things are think, you should feel comfortable sending your kids to school. >> all right, i got to tell you, my five-year-old is getting her vaccine this week and our family is very excited. dr. van gupta as always thank you for your time. >>> next the strides we have made and the fight

delta variant. hospitals are running and staffing shortages due to sick employees. intensive care units are filling up. indoor mask mandates are being extended. cloth masks are not enough anymore. you need to add a surgical mask or you could go with one of these. most drugstores are sold out about home rapid test. professional pcr testing lines are long. how bad will the storm get and when will be over? we invited dr. yvonne maldonado a professor of pediatrics and an epidemiologist at stanford university to share her thoughts with us. she joins us via skype. think of joining us. >> thank you so much. >> despite the rising cases california leaders seem determined to keep schools and businesses open. indoor dining is not permitted. is this the right course of action or should we be showing things down? >> at this point we have going for us in california is very high vaccination rates. people that are still masking in social settings and distancing. if you go outside the state you will see california is really doing a good job. i am really confident if we can stick to that we can kee

record numbers of new coded infections in recent days. fueled by the delta un omicron variance, dr. se most covert patients in intensive care, i'm vaccinated. the french government says vaccination is the best way out of the pandemic. although 90 percent of the population are immunized, the government's targeting those yet to receive a job. 3 months before the french presidential election might call risks, alienating some voters bought to support to say he's taking a calculated risk rating on the majority of french people agreeing with him because they fed off of restrictions and more to see an end to the covey crisis. but he said, traditionally french voters don't like aggressiveness, intellectual campaigns, a bubble from a sitting president. so micron took a race, but it was an assumed risk because this interview was re read and approved by the laissez. it was a gap for an error of communication. it was intentional, he sent a message to the campaign will happen with a certain rhythm and tone for the micro has yet to declare his candidacy for the presidential race. but he is widely expected to run his victory in 2017 was p

severely ill, they're still going to be potentially more of them than we saw with delta, and that surely will challenge our health care me ask you about what's happening in israel, they're now offering a fourth vaccine shot to those 60 and older. they started with those in that age group who were immunocompromised. is that the next step? israel has often been ahead of the u.s. on its vaccine program. is that what's next for us? >> i don't think we can say that's what's next in the sense that we're all looking carefully at how to best use these vaccines. they're remarkable tools but they're not perfect. if we end up finding ourselves in a position where we need to basically boost someone every six to seven months, that's going to be a challenge. we can't do that for the world. i think you're going to see a lot of discussion over the course of the next month or two as to just how should these vaccines be used. we went from a two dose mrna vaccine dose to a three-dose. now some places are looking at four dose, particularly for those who are immune compromised, and i think that the final answer is not in yet, how often we

one in 15 people are requiring intensive care compared to one in 5 who were infected with the delta variant. but on the kron is infecting more people faster. so protecting the health of students and staff is a priority so kids can stay in school. all of our strategies are. >> laser focused on keeping schools open and not having schools excluded, especially when we have a more mild, we have a virulent, less severe virus. we still have policies that are pandemic level policies that isolation and quarantine and so i these are strategies to keep schools open. that being said, face coverings are still required for students and staff while they're indoors. >> booster shots are encouraged for those who are eligible kids. kindergarten through 12th grade will be given covid tests if they get symptoms when in quarantine and before they're allowed back to school isolation will last 5 days with a negative test. and if symptoms are gone, otherwise kids will stay home for a total of 10 days. updated guidance also limit school gatherings to 50 people indoors. only the fully vaccinated can attend sports ga

delta was a dominant variant. so boosting remains the highest protection possible. but for those with just two doses, after six months, the vaccines were 76% effective against urgent care and emergency department visits. primarily during the delta surge. during omicron, that fell to 38%. and for the unvaccinated, new cdc data shows those 65 and older were nearly 50 times more likely to be hospitalized last month than those who were boosted. >> these new studies should erase any doubt about the importance of boosters at this point in the pandemic. i think there's been unfortunately so much muddled messaging that made it sound like boosters are a nice to have rather than something that's really essential. >> so far less than half of those eligible to get boosters have gotten them. meanwhile, omicron's rapid spread is still straining hospitals which are at a record high and some essential services. entertainment also taking hits. like curtains closing for adele's residency in las vegas. >> we've been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and covid. >> reporter: but with vaccinations on the rise and cases beginning to decline in some places, experts hope the country is f

care. with this wave, versus previous waves, the delta variant, what have you, you see groups of people being admitted to the hospital for something else and then finding out they have covid-19. not necessarily needing hospital-level care because of covid-19. but that group adds to the staffing struggles and burdens because there are different protocols that have go into place to make sure that those patients are isolated from other patients in the hospital. again, all that have stretches their staff very thin. we were in this country. we have a nationwide nursing shortage prior to the pandemic. what we've seen since the pandemic began is that problem really exacerbated. there are doctors, nurses, health care workers here who are out right now because they themselves have tested positive for covid-19 and have to stay home. then there are a lot of health care workers who throughout the pandemic have just become so burnt out they quit their jobs or they retired early. when it comes to some of those staffing issues, i've asked hospitals -- the ones we have spoken to within the group of 40 that h