TONIGHT, MIGUEL ALMAGUER ASKS
DR.
DR.RASHEESHSHAH.
>> Reporter: AS AMERICANS
GATHER, TRAVEL, AND VACATION IN
RECORD PREPANDEMIC NUMBERS, THE
U.S. MAY BE QUIETLY AND RAPIDLY
MOVING TOWARD A SUMMER COVID
SURGE.
>> THERE’S NO QUESTION IN MY
MIND WE’RE MISSING A VAST
MAJORITY OF INFECTIONS RIGHT
NOW.
>> Reporter: SUBVARIANT B.A.5,
THE MOST CONTAGIOUS VERSION OF
THE VIRUS YET, NOW DOMINANT,
MAKING UP MORE THAN 50% OF NEW
CASES.
WHILE THERE IS NO ALARM AT
HOSPITALS NATIONWIDE, MANY
PUBLIC COVID TESTING SITES HAVE
SHUTTERED, WHILE AT THE SAME
TIME RESULTS FROM AT-HOME TEST
KITS ARE GOING UNREPORTED.
>> THE TRUTH IS THERE ARE
PROBABLY SEVERAL HUNDRED
THOUSAND, 400,000, 500,000
INFECTIONS TODAY HAPPENING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: AMERICANS
PREVIOUSLY INFECTED OR PROTECTED
BY A VACCINE ARE CATCHING THE
VIRUS AT A WORRISOME RATE.
EVEN THE BOOSTED HAVE GOTTEN
SICK MULTIPLE TIMES.
>> WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF
RE-INFECTIONS WITHIN MONTHS OF
PRIOR INFECTIONS.
IT’S A REMINDER THAT AN
INFECTION DOES NOT GIVE YOU
LIFELONG IMMUNITY.
IT’S ALSO A REMINDER WE’RE
SEEING RAPID EVOLUTION OF A
VIRUS.
>> Reporter: WITH TESTING UNDER
WAY FOR A MULTI-PRONGED UMBRELLA
VACCINE AIMED AT STOPPING FUTURE
MUTATIONS THIS FALL THE U.S. IS
EXPECTED TO ROLL OUT A BOOSTER
TARGETING OMICRON.
ARE YOU CONCERNED AT ALL THAT
THE NEW VACCINES WON’T BEAMERICA
FALL?
>> HOWEVER THE VIRUS EVOLVES,
THE NEW VACCINES WILL PROVIDE
GREATER PROTECTION THAN THE
VACCINES WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: WHILE A NEW POLL
SHOWS AMERICANS ARE IN MAJORITY