President Biden promises to enlist the military and 500 million rapid COVID tests to combat

Omicron while also ratcheting up his rhetoric against the unvaccinated.

How concerned should you be about Omicron if you're not fully vaccinated?

If you're at a high risk of getting sick and if you get sick you're likely to spread

it to others including friends and family.

But does the data support this drastic rhetoric?

We'll talk to an expert about the CDC's new guidance for schools and his opinion on why

the ultra contagious Omicron variant may usher in the end to the pandemic.

I'm John Bickley with Georgia Howe.

It's Wednesday to December 22nd and this is Morning Wire.

Large hospital systems across the United States are halting their vaccine mandates.

What's causing this sudden shift and what could mandate related court challenges mean for the

rest of the country?

And Chinese tennis player Pung Xuai is back in the news after giving her first public interview.

She now denies making any claims of sexual abuse saying it was all a misunderstanding.

Was she coerced into walking back her earlier accusations and where has she been the past few months?

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New CDC guidance suggests that kids should stay in school even if they've been exposed to COVID.

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