{"id":1121572,"date":"2021-12-15T12:59:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121572"},"modified":"2021-12-15T12:59:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T17:59:23","slug":"cdc-says-wave-of-omicron-infections-could-hit-u-s-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-says-wave-of-omicron-infections-could-hit-u-s-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC Says Wave Of Omicron Infections Could Hit U.S. In January"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcdc-says-wave-of-omicron-infections-could-hit-u-s-in-january%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1121572&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Top health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are warning that the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, could peak in a huge U.S. wave as soon as January.<\/p>\n<p>Using new modeling for the spread of the variant, the CDC said Tuesday the prevalence of Omicron has spiked sevenfold in just one week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CDC briefing Tuesday detailed two scenarios for how the omicron variant may spread through the country,\u201d The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/omicron-spreading-rapidly-in-u-s-could-bring-punishing-wave-as-soon-as-january-cdc-warns\/ar-AAROACj?ocid=uxbndlbing\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe worst-case scenario has spooked top health officials, who fear that a fresh wave, layered on top of delta and influenza cases in what one described as \u2018a triple whammy,\u2019 could overwhelm health systems and devastate communities, particularly those with low vaccination rates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a lot more alarmed. I\u2019m worried,\u201d Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, who participated in the briefing call with federal officials, told the news site. While the CDC has so far been cautious about the variant, officials from the federal health site said public health workers need to \u201cget people ready for this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>While numerous reports, including <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-africa-south-africa-c8d09bed79be4a25f752237c0470961b\">this one<\/a> from the Associated Press, say early indications are that the variant spreads more rapidly but results in milder symptoms, the CDC is worried that many Americans have not yet had booster shots, which pharmaceutical companies say will help alleviate the symptoms and keep people from being hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the CDC said eight out of 10 people who have caught the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 were fully vaccinated. Based on an examination of diagnoses from December 1-8, there were 43 cases attributed to Omicron; 34 were among people who had been \u201cfully vaccinated.\u201d What\u2019s more, one-third of the 34 had also received a third \u201cbooster\u201d shot.<\/p>\n<p>Just one of those suffering from the Omicron variant was briefly hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci, an immunologist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who serves as President Joe Biden\u2019s chief medical adviser on COVID-19, now says \u201cthe early data indicates that Omicron may not pose as great a risk of serious illness as the Delta variant, but stressed that further information is needed before he can definitively confirm that,\u201d The Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci said federal officials are \u201ccontinuing to evaluate\u201d whether to urge Americans to get a booster shot to be considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19. \u201cFor official requirements, it\u2019s still two shots of the mRNA and one shot of the J&amp;J for the official determination of what\u2019s required or not,\u201d Fauci told ABC News on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Last Wednesday, Pfizer-BioNTech said that initial results from studies examining how well their vaccine protects against a new coronavirus variant found that a booster shot \u2014 on top of a two-dose vaccine regimen \u2014 neutralizes Omicron in lab studies.<\/p>\n<p>The pharmaceutical company said that just two shots showed decreased protection in studies, but a booster dose significantly raises protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the companies\u2019 preliminary data, a third dose provides a similar level of neutralizing antibodies to Omicron as is observed after two doses against wild-type and other variants that emerged before Omicron,\u201d they said in a press <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.biontech.de\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/pfizer-and-biontech-provide-update-omicron-variant\">release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese antibody levels are associated with high efficacy against both the wild-type virus and these variants. A third dose also strongly increases CD8+ T cell levels against multiple spike protein epitopes, which are considered to correlate with the protection against severe disease. Compared to the wild-type virus, the vast majority of these epitopes remain unchanged in the Omicron spike variant,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are warning that the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, could peak in a huge U.S. wave as soon as January.Using new modeling for the spread of the variant, the CDC said Tuesday the prevalence of Omicron has spiked sevenfold in just one week.\u201cThe CDC briefing Tuesday detailed two scenarios for how the omicron variant may spread through the country,\u201d The Washington Post reported. \u201cThe worst-case scenario has spooked top health officials, who fear that a fresh wave, layered on top of delta and influenza cases in what one described as \u2018a triple whammy,\u2019 could overwhelm health systems and devastate communities, particularly those with low vaccination rates.\u201d\u201cI\u2019m a lot more alarmed. I\u2019m worried,\u201d Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, who participated in the briefing call with federal officials, told the news site. While the CDC has so far been cautious about the variant, officials from the federal health site said public health workers need to \u201cget people ready for this,\u201d he said.While numerous reports, including this one from the Associated Press, say early indications are that the variant spreads more rapidly but results in milder symptoms, the CDC is worried that many Americans have not yet had booster shots, which pharmaceutical companies say will help alleviate the symptoms and keep people from being hospitalized.On Monday, the CDC said eight out of 10 people who have caught the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 were fully vaccinated. Based on an examination of diagnoses from December 1-8, there were 43 cases attributed to Omicron; 34 were among people who had been \u201cfully vaccinated.\u201d What\u2019s more, one-third of the 34 had also received a third \u201cbooster\u201d shot.Just one of those suffering from the Omicron variant was briefly hospitalized.Dr. Anthony Fauci, an immunologist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who serves as President Joe Biden\u2019s chief medical adviser on COVID-19, now says \u201cthe early data indicates that Omicron may not pose as great a risk of serious illness as the Delta variant, but stressed that further information is needed before he can definitively confirm that,\u201d The Daily Mail reported.Fauci said federal officials are \u201ccontinuing to evaluate\u201d whether to urge Americans to get a booster shot to be considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19. \u201cFor official requirements, it\u2019s still two shots of the mRNA and one shot of the J&#038;J for the official determination of what\u2019s required or not,\u201d Fauci told ABC News on Sunday.Last Wednesday, Pfizer-BioNTech said that initial results from studies examining how well their vaccine protects against a new coronavirus variant found that a booster shot \u2014 on top of a two-dose vaccine regimen \u2014 neutralizes Omicron in lab studies.The pharmaceutical company said that just two shots showed decreased protection in studies, but a booster dose significantly raises protection.\u201cAccording to the companies\u2019 preliminary data, a third dose provides a similar level of neutralizing antibodies to Omicron as is observed after two doses against wild-type and other variants that emerged before Omicron,\u201d they said in a press release.\u201cThese antibody levels are associated with high efficacy against both the wild-type virus and these variants. A third dose also strongly increases CD8+ T cell levels against multiple spike protein epitopes, which are considered to correlate with the protection against severe disease. Compared to the wild-type virus, the vast majority of these epitopes remain unchanged in the Omicron spike variant,\u201d the release said.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1121572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1121572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1121572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}