Forecasting the world in 2022
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
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🗓️ 3 January 2022
⏱️ 11 minutes
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The US chief medical adviser has warned of an “unprecedented” surge in Covid-19 cases, and Tesla smashed its own production and delivery records in the final months of last year. Plus, the FT’s chief leader writer, Neil Buckley shares some of the FT’s predictions when it comes to 2022’s top stories.
Omicron drives Covid infections in US to record highs
https://www.ft.com/content/a75a74a9-a017-4c5a-9cc9-fd9c76bac51f
Tesla dodges supply woes to deliver record number of new vehicles
https://www.ft.com/content/ad6d68b0-0171-4f24-9076-d778babf6fed
Forecasting the world in 2022
https://www.ft.com/content/8909b60f-01aa-4c16-b448-178e46ecb3c9
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. Today is Monday, January 3rd. This is your FT News Briefing. |
| 0:08.7 | The US is getting absolutely slammed by Omicron, and Tesla is leading the electric vehicle charge, |
| 0:14.7 | but how long will its rain last? Plus 2022 is starting off with a lot of COVID news, |
| 0:20.4 | inflation news, and the possibility that volatile equities will stick around. So, |
| 0:25.4 | the FT is going to predict how these stories will play out this year. |
| 0:28.8 | We're trying not to be doomsters and gloopsters, but I really think that's what we're aiming for. |
| 0:34.5 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:40.6 | The US is experiencing record-high COVID cases because of the Omicron variant. |
| 0:45.6 | The seven-day rolling average of cases was close to 400,000 on Saturday. It's the highest daily |
| 0:51.4 | total since the start of the pandemic. The FT Stefania Palma is reporting on the Omicron surge, |
| 0:57.0 | and says it's even taken top officials by surprise. |
| 1:00.8 | So, Anthony Fauci, who is Joe Biden's chief medical advisor, on Sunday actually said that |
| 1:08.4 | without a doubt the acceleration of cases we've seen in the US, quote, |
| 1:12.9 | is really unprecedented and has gone well beyond anything we have seen before, |
| 1:18.2 | which I think really was a call for concern. Fauci also sort of made the point that he was |
| 1:24.7 | very, very concerned about the potential straining on the hospital system. |
| 1:29.9 | So, Stefania, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention shortened the isolation guidelines |
| 1:35.2 | last week for anyone testing positive. It's down from 10 days to 5 days if the person who tested |
| 1:41.4 | positive has no symptoms. Now, a lot of people are unhappy with the CDC for this recommendation. |
| 1:47.4 | Is the agency reconsidering it? |
| 1:50.8 | It's quite interesting, Mark, actually, because we now, Fauci is sort of signaling that there |
| 1:55.7 | might be a bit of a U-turn on these recently issued guidelines on Sunday, when asked about actually |
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