NEW VARIANTS.
AND CHINA IS STILL SEEN AS MANY
AS 9000 COVID DEATHS EVERY
SINGLE DAY.
>>> NEW OMICRON VARIANT
SWEEPING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT ACCOUNTS FOR MORE THAN 40%
OF COVID-19 INFECTIONS .
>> IT IS SPREADING MORE RAPIDLY
HERE. 75% OF CASES AND WE
ALREADY SEE A RISE IN
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WE HAVE
THE MEDICAL FELLOW JOINING US
NOW.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO THE
OTHER SUBVARIANTS?
>> IT IS A DERIVATIVE OF
OMICRON.
IT’S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
BECAUSE THE WORRY IS IT COULD
DODGE SOME OF THE ANTIBODIES.
AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE
WATCHING FOR.
WE START TO SEE A RISE IN CASES
WHERE WE SEE HOSPITALIZATIONS
AND DEATHS ESPECIALLY COMING
OFF OF THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL
SEASON
>> I WAS JUST ON THE PHONE WITH
THE CDC AND WE DON’T HAVE AN
ANSWER.
ARE THE SYMPTOMS ANY DIFFERENCE
AND THERE ARE STILL THINGS WE
DON’T KNOW BUT WHATEVER VARIANT
SO FAR THE VACCINE HAS STOOD
THE TEST OF TIME, STANDING UP
AGAINST HOSPITALIZATIONS AND
DISEASE.
WE ARE HOPING THE RISE IN
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS CAN
BE MINIMIZED.
>> THIS PARTICULAR SUBVARIANT
COULD EVADE A LITTLE BIT .
>> WE HAVE EARLY DATA SHOWING
THOSE THAT GOT THE FIRST LINE
OF BOOSTERS, THEY DON’T HOLD UP
TOO WELL AGAINST THIS VARIANT.
THERE WAS A STUDY THIS WEEK
THAT SHOWED IF YOU DO GET THAT BOOSTER, YOU DO HAVE SOME ADDED
PROTECTION AGAINST THE VARIANCE.
>> HONESTLY, BETTER NEWS NEXT
TIME YOU COME.
WE’VE DONE THIS ALREADY .
>> HOW DO YOU KEEP YOURSELF
PROTECTED WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE I
GIVE UP FATIGUE .
>> WHERE ALL OVER THE
RESPIRATORY VIRUSES WITH THE
COLD, FLU AND RSV.
HOW DO YOU KEEP YOURSELF
PROTECT DID ONE IN THREE OVER
THE AGE OF 55 HAVE GONE THE NEW
BOOSTER AND IF YOU ARE SOMEBODY