CDC: Most Omicron Cases in U.S. Have Been Mild but Most Were Vaccinated

The CDC says most of the known Omicron variant cases in the U.S. have yielded mild symptoms and most had been vaccinated. The country is approaching 800,000 Covid-19 deaths, a number infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm predicted the country would reach in 18-months, back in April 2020. Osterholm is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. He tells Anderson Cooper he thinks the number of coronavirus cases will “increase substantially” for at least the “next six to ten weeks.” 

Plus, the Supreme Court left a Texas abortion law in place that bans the procedure after around six weeks of pregnancy. The justices did say abortion providers have the right to challenge the law in federal court. Wendy Davis is a former Democratic Texas state senator who blocked a 2013 anti-abortion bill in the state during a 13-hour filibuster. She joins AC360 to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision.

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