
Omicron will not recognize state lines when it storms the US, expert says
CNN
The impact of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on a largely unboosted US population entering the holiday season will create a "perfect storm" set to sweep health care across all regions of the US, an expert said Monday.
The variant is now the most dominant strain in the US, accounting for over 73% of new coronavirus cases less than three weeks after the first was reported, according to estimates posted Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The first confirmed Omicron-related death in the US was reported Monday. The Texas man in his 50s was unvaccinated, with underlying health conditions and had been previously infected with Covid-19, officials said.

Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani bitterly clashed over age and experience Thursday in the final debate before New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, as Cuomo warned that electing the progressive state assemblyman is unprepared for the job and Mamdani hammered the former governor over scandals during his time in Albany.

On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security posted a striking graphic on its official X account. Uncle Sam, a symbol of American patriotism, is depicted nailing a poster to a wall that reads, “Help your country… and yourself.” Written underneath the poster is the sentence, “REPORT ALL FOREIGN INVADERS,” and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement hot line.