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we have sanjay gupta with us. nced when we spoke to you earlier, which was getting more antiviral pills, treatments out to people, shipping them out. based on that answer, did that give you the answer you were looking for? >> there are still some questions on how that plays out. when it comes to the therapeutics like paxlovid, this antiviral pill, very effective, more effective even than something people have heard of, tamiflu, for the flu. again, this oral pill you take at home. you don't have to go to the hospital. it requires a fair amount of production, talking to the people who are producing these types of therapeutics. there's lot that goes into it. it can take six to nine months to produce that. it's tough to ship it out unless you started that production process half a year to nine months ago. so exactly how that might speed things up i think is still a little bit unclear. but it's good that those three big topics -- masks, potentially free masks he said going out as early as next week. what does that mean?

sanjay gupta. sanjay, you heard former cdc director, dr. frieden say he's the most optimistic he's been since the pandemic started. do you share his optimism, or is it still too early to say that we're almost out of the woods? >> i think there's a lot of positive indicators here. i think there's a lot of people who share this optimism if you just look at the numbers. cases are coming down, hospitalizations starting to come down. a smaller percentage, but still coming down. deaths are still going up in this country. but we recognize that that is also a lagging indicator. but the thing, jake, is if you start to look at where we are as a country besides the cases, testing is being taken more seriously, masks getting out there. but also these antivirals that we talked about on your program a couple of weeks ago, there's not enough of it right now but there will be tens of millions of doses that will arrive sometime the next few months. that appears to be a very effective medication not just against this particular variant but any variant of thi

sanjay gupta.were more than 100 patients in the state of oklahoma in need of a hospital bed that could not get one. we're starting to see cases come down in places like new york. when will places like oklahoma start to feel some relief? >> well, you know, what typically happens is you see these waves around the country. so you are seeing cases come down in new york and d.c. and other places as well. and that reflects what's even been seen around the world in the uk and south africa. let me show you when it comes to hospitalizations in particular, in oklahoma, and look what's happening in the united states. typically oklahoma sort of preceded the united states' sort of waves. here you see it's just chasing the united states a little bit. and it's still on its way up. if you look at the models specifically, they say probably end of the end before you have sort of a peak when it comes to hospitalizations in places like oklahoma. it's a bit of a moving target. then, obviously, it's a few weeks after th

sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. >> all right. dr. sanjay gupta for us. thanks so much. >>> agonizing, excruciating, devastating. these are words being used by the parents of children under 5 years old to describe their current situation when it comes to the pandemic. as they wait for their kids to be eligible for covid vaccinations. the omicron surge has many, again, facing a child care crisis and forcing some to make impossible choices. i want to bring in dr. elizabeth clayborne an emergency physician at the capital regional medical center. always lovely to see you. thanks for being with us. we know you are the mother of two young daughters and this probably hits home for you. walk us through how the current situation has impacted you and your family. >> yeah, jessica, i'm really pleased that i was able to come on today. my entire family tested covid positive last week, fortunately we all had mild symptoms, but still as a mom who has been working on the front lines and even was pregnant at the beginning of the pandemic and now has a 19 month old and 3-y

sanjay gupta. both dr. fauci and the acting fda commissioner this week have said that nearly everyone is going to be exposed to the omicron variant. again, that's not necessarily infected with it or sick, just exposed. are you discouraged by that rather remarkable change in tone? >> i think we have been hearing this for some time. if you listen to the w.h.o. european chief some time ago, they estimated that 50% of people living in that part of the world would be infected within six to eight weeks. that just speaks to the real contagiousness of this virus. going back to last year, jake, when people say this is going to become endemic, that it's just going to be here, part of that conversation is also that at some point people will likely be exposed to the virus. it's always been about how fast do we allow that to happen? if you get to a point where people are -- a lot of people are getting infected all at the same time? that's a problem because that's when you start to overwhelm hospitals. that goes back to

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sanjay gupta reports. >>> and any moment now, australia could decide whether novak djokovic will be allowed to stay in the country and compete in the australian open. let's go out front. and good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, the january 6th select committee raising the stakes. asking the house minority leader to meet with them. offering up two specific dates for his testimony, and here is their letter tonight to the house minority leader kevin mccarthy. they write, quote, we request -- we write to request your voluntary cooperation on a range of critical topics, including your conversations with president trump. so, it's about five and a quarter pages here and the committee lays out, in excruciating detail, mccarthy's central role in their investigation. here on page four, the letter notes that the committee has obtained, quote, contemporaneous text messages from multiple witnesses identifying significant concerns following january 6th held by white house staff regarding president trump's state of mind and his ongoing conduct. and the letter says, it appears that mccarthy a

sanjay gupta breaks it down for us. >> two different types of tests, pcr tests, the gold standard, thatnts of virus you could still be positive long after you are no longer contagious. the rapid antigen test we talk about, people often take at home, those are the ones that are more likely to answer the question people are really asking, am i still contagious? that's the answer that a throughout of people are wanting, they feel fine, but they want to know if they are still contagious. the cdc should be promoting those types of tests, they have talked about 500 million of these tests going out. we need more than that ultimately but that would be a start. >> thanks, sanjay. one of the places people are getting tests is at their local pharmacy. that's place ago bigger burden on the country's pharmacies. theresa toll is the incoming president of the american pharmacists association and the owner of bay street pharmacy. so good to see you. how are you holding up? >> i'm doing well, thank you, fredricka, i appreciate the opportunity to be here today. >> thanks for being with us. so for so many

sanjay gupta. dr. wa lensy when she was in boston, as just a roll physician, she was on our show all the time. she was a great communicator. one of our favorite guests. but, obviously, something else is going on. she hasn't had a solo cdc media briefing in nearly six months. beyond her personal messaging struggles, the agency itself faced criticism for a while over its confusing covid guidance, changing covid guidance as well. did you hear anything today that you think might help restore confidence in the agency's messages? >> i think it's a start, jake. the idea that just having a solo briefing, as you mentioned, hasn't happened in a long time, half a year. it's important if you go back to h1n1 and ebola days. tom frieden and richard besser. you got regular briefings from the cdc. you got there on thinging process. you didn't just hear from them when there was a huge change. i talk to dr. walensky offline, off tv quite a bit. it's a sudden change that we're not clued into so we're not getting a proces

sanjay gupta helping us appreciate what is going on. more than 2,000 flights have already been canceled again today because of a severe and fast moving snowstorm along with the continued impact of the omicron variant causing major staffing shortages for u.s. airlines. our aviation correspondent pete muntean is skjoining us from reagan national airport, from outside washington, d.c. tell us more, pete. what's going on? >> reporter: the cancellations that we have seen already today exceed the total number of cancellations we saw just yesterday. look at the numbers from flight aware. 2300 flights canceled today. more than 700 flights delayed. travelers really can't catch a break here. the airlines can't catch a break. they say, sure, winter weather is a major factor here. the big issue is that so many airline workers are calling out sick because they have been exposed to coronavirus or they have become infected with coronavirus. look at the airline by airline break down here. southwest airlines leading the way with the number of cancellati

sanjay gupta. it's difficult to give clear health guidance to the public when the science keeps changing. we need to acknowledge that. but that is not always the problem here. the cdc, in this case, is basically saying you don't need test again after testing positive. but they're saying it in a convoluted way. what do americans really need to be thinking about if they test positive, but they're relatively -- asymptomatic or have mild symptoms? >> well, first of all, i think you have to make a distinction between vaccinated and unvaccinated. if you're vaccinated and test positive, you feel pretty good about your protection against developing severe disease. that's really important. at the same time, we know that if you are vaccinated, you are less like three become infected but you can still become infected. you can still be contagious. and i think that's what's driving a lot of these guidelines that alexandra was mentioning. staying home for at least five days. seeing if your symptoms revolve, you

sanjay gupta with answers to your questions. >> reporter: in the united states, we are being drenchedas caused daily cases to double in the past two weeks. now just like you'd put on a better raincoat in a bad storm, we need better masks. more than ever. our best bet, an n95 mask. >> you got to wear a mask, wear the best mask possible. >> reporter: aaron collins, a self-proclaimed mask nerd, is a mechanical engineer with a background in aerosol science. >> there is significant improvement in the amount of aerosol that you'll be ix posed to when everyone is wearing an n95 and you're wearing an n95. >> it's worth reminding people why exactly they work so well. it has to do with the actual material. there are electrostatically charged fibers in here. it's not just filtering particles but attracting particles like a blanket might attract your socks in the dryer. also it works for air not potentially coming in but air potentially going out. one key thing about the n95 masks is you have to make sure that it actually fits really well. having these two bands around the back of your head and m

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sanjay gupta. why has it taken so long for the fda to approve shots for kids under 5?ng to figure out the right dose. this looks like it is going to end up being a three dose vaccine right out of the gate. remember back and forth on the adults whether it was two or three doses. this looks like it is going to be three doses. it is primarily kids between the ages of 2 and 5 where they are trying to get the dosing right. it looks like they've kind of gotten the immune response they want in younger children but it is the older age group again between 2 and 5:00. one thing to point out as well at times when there is a lot of virus circulating it is easier to do the studies because you can get enough patients to actually figure out is the vaccine working. so over the summer and early fall not as many cases. now there's enough of a population to really study. they said second quarter of 2022. it's looking like that is what it is going to be still. for a while it looked sooner but it is still looking like second quarter, next couple months before we get approval >> i want your

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sanjay gupta. let's start with these three new reports showing boosters offer the best protection against hospitalization and severe illness from the omicron variant. what are the most important takeaways for you tremendous th from these studies? >> i think there's been conjecture around this. first of all, when it comes to cases, i'll show you hospitalizations in a second. when it comes to cases, they compared unvaccinated to fully vaccinated to boosted. people who got three shots. and you can see the difference there. i point out, something you and i have talked about. the biggest difference is between vaccinated and fully vaccinated but you get a benefit from obviously having been boosted as well. those are cases. let me show you hospitalizations quickly. as you look at hospitalizations, one thing to keep in mind is they make a distinction here between when you receive the shots. if it was six months ago or more versus within the last six months. so if you got the shot six months ago, 57% protec

sanjay gupta. also, dr. leana wen. cnn medical analyst, former baltimore health commissioner, and author of "lifelines, a doctor's journey in the fight for public health." so, sanjay, this is the first we have spoken since the omicron surge really took hold weeks ago. what do you make of what's and confusion over guidance from the government. >> yeah. well, happy new year, right? here we are back, again. i mean, i think there is a couple things that have really struck me. one as you just heard in randi's report is that the -- the number of cases is -- is really -- it's pretty staggering, right? if you compare this to last year's peak around this time, we are about, you know, close -- approaching two times what we saw around this time last year. now, at the same time, we have about 75% of the hospitalizations and this gets to that point that people have been making. look. this may be less severe for various reasons, because we have some existing immunity, because of the nature of this omicron variant, itself. who knows?

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sanjay gupta joins us now.t of personal privilege and full disclosure i have two masks i use at any one time. i use them for a week or two weeks straight. is that a good idea or bad idea? >> it's not a bad idea. originally they were designed as single use. what they find unless it becomes visibly soiled or there is damage to it or it becomes wet you can wear them for several days. many people do exactly as you do. they sort of rotate between a few different masks, even one for monday, one for tuesday, et cetera. so you can wear them several days at least. maybe even a couple of weeks. and the thing about the n 95, you have to make sure you are continuously inspecting them. >> i thought i was going to get in trouble. i appreciate it. thank you very much for that. >> a huge cyber attack crashing government websites in ukraine. a spokesman for the foreign ministry says it is too early to draw conclusions about who may be behind it. he does point out there is a long history of russian cyber attacks against ukraine.

sanjay gupta.on is to the new guidelines from the cdc? >> well, thanks for having me on. i am certainly supportive that they are taking into factors about what people can do and the societal impact. i think they should be congratulated but i agree with you, anderson, they are confusing and they're really lacking in content. what they did today was not really a recommendation at all. it said if you can find a test and you want to get one, get one. i think it's pretty clear that a person who is infected with the omicron can be highly infectious to other people. that, if they are involved in any kind of activity that's high risk, if they are a nursing-home attendant, if they are in healthcare, if they are working at, you know, chick-fil-a with a lot of people, they really ought to test at day five to make sure they are not infectious. still wear mask whether you are negative or not. and the government can do this. and remember, all those 500,000 -- they are known who they are at the state level. the s

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sanjay gupta. sanjay, what can you tell us about this?> well this trial, as you point out, is starting now. they've been manufacturing these specific, these omicron specific vaccines for some time. so let me show you the specifics here in terms of how they're going to approach this. and keep in mind as you look at this graphic, that they've done this before. they've created these specific vaccines for delta in the past as well. did not end up needing them. so, by virtue of the fact that they're going through this doesn't necessarily mean that an omicron specific vaccine is going to be recommended for people. but the first group of people who received two doses already and then they're going to get one or two more doses of the omicron vaccine. so essentially the omicron vaccine will be their booster. for group two, they received three doses of pfizer already and one more of the omicron and then group three are the unvaccinated. they're just going to get omicron. and they basically want to determine how much of the difference does this make

sanjay gupta. the choice could not be more stark when you look at this graph. >> no question. when you look at those hospitalizations, just to give you some context, you know, as you mentioned, we're about to potentially get to that peak again. that was almost exactly a year ago. that was january 14th of 2021. so, you know, we're likely to surpass that within the next few days. i can tell you that those numbers, in addition to critical staffing shortages, which is a real problem. a lot of hospital systems simply don't have the staff because people are out with covid themselves, diagnosed and isolating themselves. that's a problem. also, if you take the data you just showed about unvaccinated versus vaccinated to a more national scale, show you the cdc data, you get an idea of the story here. you get the red line, the unvaccinated. the green is the vaccinated, which has stayed pretty stable. it is not that nobody who is vaccinated ends up needing to be hospitalized with covid, but as you said, the di

sanjay gupta. an omicron specific vaccine if we're starting to see cases and hospitalizations fall off and it seems likely that there will be another variant that comes after that? >> that's a good question. we're finding ourselves in these positions where we're working on developing these things but they don't really arrive at the time that we need them. we've seen them with therapeutics, with the testing, and now with this omicron specific booster. a couple things. each time there's been a new variant they've worked on specific boosters. we haven't needed them because the existing shots have provided a lot of benefit. that's good. the numbers may drop off by march or april when this booster may be available, but we've seen evidence of the shots waning in terms of effectiveness. so early spring and summer? probably not. those are two reasons they want to keep this in the back pocket. we don't know whether the trial will demonstrate that an omicron specific booster is of any more benefit either. th

sanjay gupta, he wiped the florida with him. billy corbin, they're pro lock down, pro mainstream.t is wrong with hearing other things? that's what makes things interesting. that's why you get 11 million. i feel like they want to control him. the problem is taking a swing at a guy that won't acknowledge you're mad at him. you can get as mad as you want. spotify's loyalty keeps him there. he's going to keep going. if you want, i'll put somebody contrasting on the next episode from this next episode. you put a disclaimer? go ahead. what is wrong with talking? >> trace: i said it before, confirmty is the enemy of science. we've seen that throughout this pandemic. congrats on the show. you're the best always. thanks so much for coming on. >> get im, trace. thanks. >> trace: you don't want to miss our exclusive with sports caster jim gray who host as podcast with tom brady. everything he knows about the retirement rumors and on the subject of football. did you see this? democrat governor gavin newsome caught maskless at the game in defiance of his own mask mandate. he put them in place.

sanjay gupta. we're nearly two years into this pandemic and patience is running thin.ome pushback and praise for telling hbo's bill maher that she is done with covid. take a listen. >> we were told, you get the vaccine. you get the vaccine and you get back to normal. and we haven't gotten back to normal. this is going to be remembered by the younger generation as a catastrophic moral crime. the city of flint, michigan, which is 80%, i think, minority students, has just announced indefinite virtual schooling. it is a pall of bureaucracy. it is not real anymore. >> what was your reaction when you heard that? >> my reaction was, it is real. it is very real. it is whip lash working in a hospital and seeing what's going on in hospitals. they're overwhelmed. e.r.s are full. you can't get beds for your patients, covid or not. to come out of the hospital and hear remarks like that, it feels like whiplash. the catastrophic moral failure. you and i have been talking about it more than two years. that 10,000 people died last week. most didn't need to. most were preventible deaths

sanjay gupta, this really caught my attention.k us through this idea of a universal coronavirus vaccine. is it even realistic? >> yes. i think so. this is something that has been talked about for a long time. the science is really fascinating. basically, you think about all the coronaviruses you just mentions. some cause common cold-like symptom, mers, and then the new sars cov 2. it is trying to find the common denominator in all these coronaviruses and figure out if you can make an antibody to that specific thing. if do you that, you're now targeting a conserved, consistent area of these viruses and that's what doctors are trying to do. what's in common here? let's make antibodies to that. what is interesting, i talk on professor kevin saunders about this. he said they have found antibodies from people who had been infected with sars back in 2003 that actually would have some protective effect against this virus 20 years later. so i think it is very realistic and it seem like it is closer and closer. >> that is fascinating. we'v

sanjay gupta. hospital ceo, sanjay, says he was jumping for joy when he heard the announcement. this deployment to get military medical personnel in hospitals, what do you see them doing? how much help can it offer? how long will they need it? how will this help fight the surge? >> well, you're dealing with two sort of situations at the same time. we have all-time record high hospitalizations throughout this pandemic. at the same time, there's a lot of critical shortages in terms of actual personnel. so these two things at the same time, more patients, less staff. simple things like triaging, you know, before patients are actually determining whether they'll go to a general care floor, basic care, you have patients coming in non-covid-related as well having a hard time accessing care because hospitals are so full. we're seeing that in my own hospital. you're having up to 100 patients sometimes waiting to get a bed in the e.r. it's taking care of those things. it's a real burden i think physically,

sanjay gupta. his book "keep sharp build a better brain at any age" just came out.being here, what are your takeaways from a busy week of data? >> well, first of all, with regard to the studies around vaccination and boosters, i think this is important. there's two things that really jumped out at me. i can show you the data, in terms of the likelihood of someone developing a breakthrough infection if vaccinated versus vaccinated and boosted. what they found was the biggest difference between the vaccinated and unvaccinated. you did get a benefit, not an insignificant one from being boosted as well. there's two stories here. as you point out, michael, less than half the people who qualify have actually gotten them. but a larger part of the country is still far and awade the unvaccinated. i'll tell you in a second, quick, there's increasing evidence in terms of how long the vaccines last. the waning effect of vaccines over time. what they found, basically around the six-month mark, things changed. if you've been vaccinated earlier than six months ago, your protection

sanjay gupta. nearly a quarter of all hospitals reported critical staffing shortages over the weekend. you were in a hospital today. tell us what it's like on the ground. >> yeah, i was in a hospital today for my other job, sort of taking care of patients. it's very busy, jake. the busiest sort of number of covid patients in terms of covid patients last year were at the peak of the beginning of this year, 162 patients. we're a 600-bed hospital roughly. about 258 now patients with covid in the hospital. so about 40%, roughly, of all the patients in the hospital have been diagnosed with covid. there's 1 hundred patients in the e.r. maybe waiting for beds at any given time so it's really busy and on top of that, there's a lot of health care workers who are out. they get a positive test, and they're out. so at any given time, 20% to 25% of health care workers are out. so busy in terms of overall patient influx, but fewer staff at the same time. so it's a tough situation. i'll tell you as well, jake, i

sanjay gupta, thank you so much. >>> joining us to discuss, dr. vo vo vivek murthy, surgeon general. how much do you think this could become a reality? >> there's certainly a greater chance of it happening in this day and age than there was five or ten years ago and that's because of the extraordinary advances in science that we've had. the fact that we have, for example, mrna vaccines and vaccinated millions and millions of people in a short period of time, that's a triumph of science. but one thing to keep in mind, jake, as exciting as the science is, not just for a pan coronavirus vaccine but also for combining a potential flu vaccine and a covid vaccine to reduce the number of shots people get, as exciting as these possibilities are, the benefits of science can only be extended to people if they have accurate information about vaccines and other products of science. one of the worries i have is if we're not simultaneously working on trying to root out misinformation and elevate and uplift accurate information and accurate messengers, then i wo

sanjay gupta doing the same and going on his podcast as well. i'm curious, dr.uential voices who have chosen not to get a vaccine have been public about it, continue to say they'll do their own research and look into things and as somebody whose job is to do exabout tensive research, i'm curious your reaction when you heard joe rogan saying he comes on the podcast, doesn't do much research or the topics, he's not a journalist. that's fair enough. but he does have millions of people who turn to him for this kind of information. i'm just curious from a medical perspective, as a doctor, how does that make you feel? >> well, i think for 90% of the things that joe rogan talks about, i think that's perfectly fine but this is different and because so many americans are losing their lives and so we have to put an asterisk on that one piece and say, when it comes to lives in the united states, when it comes to this massive loss of life that could be saved because of vaccines, that's a game changer. and we have to now come to that reckoning and now try, because we could s

let's bring in the chief correspondent, sanjay gupta.ok at the delta wave last summer and early fall, cases started coming down in september with a downward trend in deaths in late semi. now that cases are plummeting, does that mean we should expect deaths to finally start decreasing in maybe two weeks? >> yeah. i think two to three weeks. if you look at the previous waves that there has been that lag period, you are already seeing it in some places. some of the earliest places, for example, in new york, you are starting to see deaths come down in addition to cases and hospitalizations. so that's good news. and that is the expectation. let me show you the cdc model on this. these are the models. the ensemble models that we've been talking about. they basically show what has been happening with weekly death rates. and then you get into the red zone. and it is a wide spectrum of possibilities there. if you look at other countries, you look at what's happening in the united states. there is a very significant chance that mid third week of f

you're exactly right, he had sanjay gupta on, it was one of the best episodes because he challenged himersation, and that's what we're missing in today's world. if you disagree now, no one respects each other: but joe rogan shakes people's hand. kennedy: that's a good point because he said, you know, you said this about the medicines that i took when i was sick, but i got better, why would your nerving put out that information? -- network put out that information? he was, like, i don't know. >> highway -- he had both of -- sides of the conversation. if you even associate with the bad people or the bad ideas, then you're guilty just for even having that conversation. and we we can't debate things and get to the truth in society with that kind of toxic mindset. >> i'm also wondering how many people disagree with joe rogan, how many of those people actually have listened to a full episode. if you listen, you would know that he encourages a thoughtful discussion, and if you disagree, he's like, all right, you have the freedom -- [inaudible conversations] >> 30 seconds. >> i don't think peop

sanjay gupta for going on joe rogan's show. the cdc director should go on and argue with him. is the answer. he needs to reach those audiences. there are people still getting wrong information. i know women in my own life who think getting the vaccine will affect their fertility. i've told them this is not what the data shows. >> as we know, it's not a partisan issue. it's a wide swath of the left and the right that aren't being vaccinated. african americans, young people, for a wide variety of reasons, they live cleanly. there's a wide range of folks that aren't getting vaccinated for whatever reason they believe. >> stephanie. >> that's why the misinformation is so dangerous. that's why it's so dangerous. >> it's not just joe rogan. we shouldn't target him because he's conservative. it's a fact there's misinformation. if that was happening on a progressive show, i would say the same thing. >> okay, guys, great discussion. thank you all for joining me this month. up next, how did american politics get so divided? my special report on one of the clear causes that's about to ge

sanjay gupta calls it a original sin of the administration, and it was started in the trump administrationaster under the biden administration, and so we are much more reactionary as proactive in this stage. >> yes, and i agree, we are playing catchup every time. we don't have enough tests available, and we have let the market dictate what happens with the testing, and the reality is when you have a public health crisis what needs to happen is what is happening right now, the government should have ordered free rapid tests a long time ago like in europe, and have them so that you can test at home, and this is more important than ever right now. >> we want to put up a map, because the president is sending in the military surge team, and it is helpful because 82% of the hospital beds are in use, and covid are filling one-third of them. this is as of wednesday. the deep states in red, and the states in lighter colors not as bed. so what is the situation in the american system, and how much help can the federal government give? >> jon, the situation is dire in hospitals. we are overwhelmed wit

sanjay gupta as well as president of the american medical association, dr. gerald harman. for joining me. sanjay, breaking news with the cdc advisers a little while ago recommending expanding boosters for youngsters as young as 12 years old. how significant is this development? >> on a personal note i have two children that fall into that category, so they will be getting their booster shots. my older daughter already got hers, she is 16. i think it will make a difference for people who qualify. here is the issue, wolf. i think we are talking overall in the country about 5% of the population, and of that 5% -- these are people between the ages of 12 and 15 -- only about half have already gotten their first two shots. so, you know, it is a relatively small percentage that we're talking about that are going to be impacted by this. so it is good for them, you know, to be able to get this added protection, but the real problem still, wolf, whether it is children or adults is still primarily the unvaccinated. this is giving another layer of protection to people who already have

sanjay gupta. new wave of military medical teams to try to help hospitals in six states. health care systems nationwide are facing staffing shortages. are military teams a last resort in a medical crisis? have you ever seen anything like this before? >> well, we've seen it quite a bit over the last couple years, right, jake? even since thanksgiving there's been 800 military personnel deployed in 24 different states trying to provide relief, triage patients, and decompress emergency rooms. i mean, when hospitals become overwhelmed that is the issue. emergency rooms are full. they don't have beds for patients to go. you can't take new patients in. they can help with some of those basic things. typically freeing up resources, staff to be able to do some of the more life saving or critical sort of jobs that these patients are requiring. so, yeah. i've seen it. typically used to seeing it in the middle of conflict zones. we saw these types of things happening after hurricane katrina for example after na

sanjay gupta. i spoke with chicago's mayor. they were closed over covid disputes.ayor adams is determined to keep the schools open. what do you make of the way schools in big cities have handled back to school this week? >> according to the department of education, 96% of schools have been opened. so, you know, they've had a variety of strategies in different maces as your two interviews with shown. i think what we learned the past career, past year and a half, is that with certain strategies schools can be a splace. the test to stay strategy that mayor adams was talking about, but also masking and ventilation, all of the other things that we've learned the last couple of years in terms of reducing the spread. i think there is an issue which is right now there is a lot of virus out there. we are in the middle of a significant viral storm. so 13% of students testing positive. i can tell you my own kids' school district, 10% of kids testing positive. the numbers will come back down. the storm, the acute phase of the storm will diminish a bit. i think it will be safer

i heard sanjay gupta last night called it the original sin that the coronavirus government response. grateful to the live reporting. let's get perspective from the former baltimore health commissioner dr. leana wen. great to see you. these numbers are troubling and you write something in a "washington post" op-ed that i find rather provocative. you write this. instead of trying to stop it we could treat omicron as we do a common cold. we don't isolate people with cold and getting rid of isolation and karen tone would alleviate staffing shortages and keep the economy going. we don't need to ask people to stay home but we should require that they wear high quality masks in all indoor public spaces. are you saying that if i tested positive today you think i could come to work tomorrow as long as i have a high quality mask? >> well, in my piece i'm trying to defend what the cdc was doing last week in shortening the isolation period from ten days to five days and that's because we're facing the imminent collapse of our critical infrastructure, including our hospitals but also fire departm

sanjay gupta explains. >> in the united states we are being drenched with omicron, so contable jus it'su'd put on a better raincoat in a bad storm, we need better masks more than ever. our best bet, an n95 mask. >> if you're going to wear a mask, wear the best mask possible. >> aaron collins, a self-proclaimed mask nerd, is a mechanical engineer with a background in aerosol science. >> there's significant improvement in the amount of aerosol you're going to be exposed to when everyone's wearing an n95 and you're wearing an n95. that's why they're such a powerful tool. >> i think it's worth reminding people why exactly they work so well. it has to do with the actual material. there are electrostatically charged finers in here, so it's not just filtering particles, it's attracting particles like a blanket might attract your socks in the dryer. it works well not just for air potentially coming in but also for air potentially going out. one key thing about the n95 masks is you've got to make sure they actually fit really well. having these two bands around the back of your head, then making

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. >> let's bring in our medical correspondent sanjay gupta. it is the first time we've spoken. >> morning. >> good morning to you. since the omicron has surged. you have cases nearing almost 500,000 per day on average. where do we stand as you see it? >> yeah. happy new year, guys, right? this is going to sound familiar. i mean, what we're seeing here is obviously a significant increase in the overall number of cases. at the same time, as people have sort of eluded to almost since the beginning, when we started looking at the data out of south africa, that there is a decoupling or fewer, if you will, hospitalizations and deaths associated with this. so those are the numbers. 90%, the cases sort of compared to january 2021. but 27% lower hospitalizations. the concern, though, is if you look at sort of the trend over the past couple of years, and look at where the peaks have been, that was a peak that we were talking about. 90% of a peak. the numbers are still going up, obviously, in this country. even if you have something that is less severe,