melissa nolan, assistant rofessor work. melissa nolan, assistant professor of — work.ofessor of epidemiology - work. melissa nolan, assistant professor of epidemiology at l professor of epidemiology at the university of south carolina speaking to me a little earlier. we mentioned the rise in coronavirus cases in the uk. and restrictions brought in by the prime minister, borisjohnson, have prompted a major rebellion by conservative mps. the measures, such as mandatory covid passes for entertainment venues, were still approved because the opposition labour party supported them. but the rebellion has left another dent in mrjohnson�*s already battered authority after allegations of christmas parties held a year ago under his watch, when the country was in lockdown. a british newspaper hasjust published another photo of what appears to be another such party thrown by conservative aides in breach of measures. a spokesman has said that senior staff "became aware of an unauthorised social gathering" organised by a candidate for london mayor and that formal disciplinary action

i'm joined now by melissa nolan, assistant professor of epidemiology at the university of south carolinaave you on the program. i imagine, many in the audience are wondering the same thing as i am, we've been through the delta wave, where are now at the beginning of the omicron variant, are we going to see similar rates of infection, that kind of wave in countries across the world? thank ou for countries across the world? thank you for having _ countries across the world? thank you for having me, _ countries across the world? thank you for having me, it's _ countries across the world? thank you for having me, it's a - countries across the world? thank you for having me, it's a pleasure| you for having me, it's a pleasure to be here. i think that's the million—dollar question that we all asking ourselves. when we think about delta in comparison where we were at that point, we had a significantly larger on vaccinated population for the suit omicron is going to take a whole we don't think it's good to be at the same level. we do anticipate this for the northern hemisphere in general. when w

earlier i spokeh wit melissa nolan, assistant professor of epidemiology at the university of south carolinato have you on the program. i imagine, many in the audience are wondering the same thing as i am, we've been through the delta wave, that we all asking ourselves. when we think about delta in comparison where we were at that point, we had a significantly larger on vaccinated population for the suit omicron is going to take a whole we don't think it's good to be at the same level. we do anticipate this for the northern hemisphere in general. when we start to see respiratory infection or applicable covid, well think about flu, we think there will be a significant uprise for the holiday season but nothing compared we think there will be a significant uprise before the holiday season but nothing compared to where we were last year, god willing. melissa, that's encouraging. where you are in the us we have seen infection rates rise recently as i understand it. how prepared is the us for another wave? i think the us has learned a lot. and our european partners as well and singapore, in the se