The omicron variant is spreading rapidly across the US, shattering hopes of a return to relative normalcy in the final days of the year and harkening back to the anxiety of the early months of the Covid-19 crisis.
The lines for Covid tests seem to be growing longer by the day as many scramble to book booster shot appointments or cancel Christmas travel plans.And yet, as Fauci said Sunday morning,"we have so many people in this country who are eligible to be vaccinated who have not yet been vaccinated.”President Joe Biden plans to address the nation Tuesday, White House press secretary
. He will be"issuing a stark warning of what the winter will look like for Americans that choose to remain unvaccinated," she said.across half the U.S., particularly in the Northeast. New York has seen a 76 percent increase in the last two weeks, according to data compiled by NBC News. Connecticut and Maine are dealing with dramatic increases, too.
The seven-day average of Covid cases reached 133,243 as of Sunday — the first time the national average climbed above 130,000 since late September. Eight states set hospitalization records Sunday, including Ohio and Wisconsin, according to an NBC News analysis of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data.
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