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Power & Politics Full Show: What do we know about omicron variant?

News 12’s Scott McGee speaks about the new variant with infectious disease Dr. Robert Amler, the dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice at New York Medical College.

News 12 Staff

Dec 5, 2021, 6:36 PM

Updated 1,095 days ago

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Just over a week ago, the world was introduced to a Greek letter most of us had never heard of – omicron.  On Thanksgiving Day, the World Health Organization came out with a warning saying it was a COVID "variant of concern" – even more infectious than the delta variant.
News 12’s Scott McGee speaks about the new variant with infectious disease Dr. Robert Amler, the dean of the School of Health Sciences and Practice at New York Medical College.