sharfstein: it depends where you live.s of the country are still in the upswing but we think it will go down quickly. i think others have said they expect to go down in a matter of a few weeks, two or three weeks. the hospitalizations will probably like a little. but that is all generally good news. the question will be how long we last in a much better place. tom: i believe we had delta and we didn't see omicron coming. we have omicron, can we see what is next? dr. sharfstein: we are not sure what is next and what the virus will do. so many people got omicron that there is a hope that whatever comes next will be better prepared for. just like omicron was milder, in part because there are so many vaccinated and exposed people, we will have an even milder time with what happens to come next. that is the hope. the world health organization has also expressed that hope we can start to think about 2022 being different than 2021. lisa: when is the all clear sounded, and we all have friends who where to n95 masks and don't want

joshua sharfstein of johns hopkins. can see how this will become a bigger conversation given how many have tested positive in this country. tom: i like your idea from two years ago when you said " maybe the year starts in march." lisa: kong has quarantine camps for people when they come into the country. jonathan: 2 different worlds. i know which world i would rather live in. i'm living in it. yields are higher by half a basis point. heard on radio, seen on tv, this is bloomberg surveillance. ♪ every day in business brings something new. so get the flexibility of the new mobile service designed for your small business. introducing comcast business mobile. you get the most reliable network with nationwide 5g included. and you can get unlimited data for just $30 per line per month when you get four lines or mix and match data options. available now for comcast business internet customers with no line-activation fees or term contract required. see if you can save by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities

tom: right now joshua sharfstein with us. dr.ein, it is good news whether it is the thousands assembled in kansas city for football or in the walkup, i live in, in the lobby there are polarities. we see hospitalizations rolling. we are waiting for deaths deaths to rollover. >> public policy is changing in areas where the cases are coming down now. i think the national mood will change as deaths come further down. this is approaching the moment where we are going to see covid fade a little more into the background. i don't think we will have nearly as much disruption in our lives in 2022, barring the emergence of something we haven't predicted. tom: how critical is it to double the vaccination rate to 68%? dr. sharfstein: with every increase in vaccination we will get fewer hospitalizations and fewer deaths. we have tools to protect ourselves and we have to keep going. just because it will fade into the background in their lives, the more we are smart about preparing, the more it will fade. it is not by ignoring it altogether that

joshua sharfstein is a public health professor at the bloomberg school of public health ajohns hopkinsversity and a former principal deputy commissioner of the food and drug administration. he says more communication between this country's major governmental health agencies, the c.d.c. and f.d.a., could help. he joined me yesterday from baltimore to discuss why. joshua, on the one hand, you've got a regulatory agency, and on the other hand, you've got one whose primary mission is public health. give me an example how during the pandemic these agencies that should have been kind in lockstep because their services were all called for didn't work together as efficiently as they could have? >> well, i think people know that there was aig challenge with testing at the beginning of the pandemic that we didn't have enough tests. but behind that is the intersection of, well, how big a problem is this going to be? what does the nation need and e actual technology of the tests? it was a big disconnect between the c.d.c. and the f.d.a. between the approach of what the country needed to fight the

let's pose it to joshua sharfstein.think about school and children when you see infections on the rise, you think keeping schools open is the right move? joshua: i think so with appropriate precautions. i think the doctor from northwestern had it right that if done right to the school is a safe environment. masking, tests, especially during this search of cases, it is important for kids to be in school and the chance school becomes an explosive source of new infections is low. kailey: explosive new infections is what we have seen. 10 million cases in one week. are we reaching a peak of this way of considering how quickly it is spreading? gilles: at a certain point -- joshua: at a certain point it has to slow down. the question is can we keep hospitalizations down? even though there is rest -- less risk of getting hospitalized, it is still a risk. with 70 people infected you see numbers increasing. i heard from dr. singh it is a lot of patients but the good news is they are not as safe overall as they were in the delta w

joshua sharfstein, johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health. here we go again.daq 100, down point -- 1.9%. the turnaround yesterday just absolutely humongous. positive half of 1%. yields high on tens. crude advanced again at .5%. news from pfizer, a reporter writing that pfizer is doing a study of covid-19 vaccines that target the omicron variant in adults as well as those who have not received another shot. pfizer down by 1%. tom: if you are confused, we are confused. it is about this pandemic and from sea to shining sea, all 50 states seem to have 50 different approaches. dr. amesh adalja joins us now. define and damage -- define an endemic for new york or someone living with three masts on and afraid to go to a restaurant and another state where there are no masks. what is an endemic and the two different states from coast to coast? dr. adalja: it means with the people. it means this is an infectious disease part of everyday life, the sort of trade-off you pay to live in civilized society with social interaction. we see ups and downs, a baseline number of cas

something to think about is paying people in high-risk professions to get vaccinated, joshua sharfsteint the bloomberg school of public health told mayors. they offered incentives ranging from cash jackpots, to pickup trucks to guns. subsequent research cast doubt on how well these programs worked. even so, as the pandemic drags on and omicron has caused cases and hospitalizations to search city leaders are looking at vexing incentives as an option. we want to know what the most important issue in your town or city is today. if you are in the eastern or central time zones, your number is (202)-748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, your number is (202)-748-8001. let's go to daniel calling from sanford, texas. good morning. caller: hello. host: go ahead. caller: ok, they are flying in planes from the border to abilene. that is 40 miles from me. and they are scattering people, the illegals, all around my county. the dang thing is if you don't want to live in america, don't try to invade us. they are basically going to take over the country. host: in your town of stanf

joshua sharfstein . we will speak to him on all things covid.et looking through any sort of omicron threat at this moment. let's get you a quick round of where we stand. u.s. markets are closed all day today for the nok holiday, but futures are up. looking at the stronger level, many futures up 1/10 of 1%. europe out-performing. some of the flavor of the value rotation as we continue to look at a bond market selloff. seeing some of those value tightening's do better. the nasdaq 100 only up just under 1/10 of 1%. small-cap up a quarter of a percent. it is still the value rotation under the surface with reactions to bond market cells and yields continuing to push higher. basically, unchanged. the dollar continues to be weaker despite a more hawkish fed. and after the ouster of credit suisse's chairman, under pressure. we are going to continue the covid conversation next. this is bloomberg. ♪ dani: this is bloomberg markets. let's get you a quick check on these markets. it is a closed today for cash trading in the u.s., both s&p 500 cash equities a

something to think about is paying people in high-risk professions to get vaccinated, joshua sharfstein at the bloomberg school of public health told mayors. they offered incentives ranging from cash jackpots, to pickup trucks to guns. subsequent research cast doubt on how well these programs worked. even so, as the pandemic drags on and omicron has caused cases and hospitalizations to search city leaders are looking at vexing incentives as an option. we want to know what the most important issue in your town or city is today. if you are in the eastern or central time zones, your number is (202)-748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, your number is (202)-748-8001. let's go to daniel calling from sanford, texas. good morning. caller: hello. host: go ahead. caller: ok, they are flying in planes from the border to abilene. that is 40 miles from me. and they are scattering people, the illegals, all around my county. the dang thing is if you don't want to live in america, don't try to invade us. they are basically going to take over the country. host: in your town of sta