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world grapples with the emergence of the Omicron variant.”,”descriptionText”:”Dr. Francis Collins cautions that people should continue to take every measure they can to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as the world grapples with the emergence of the Omicron variant.”},{“title”:”Doctor explains why he thinks Omicron likely in US at a low level”,”duration”:”02:01″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/health/2021/11/27/amesh-adalja-omicron-likely-in-us-low-levels-smerconish-sot-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”health/2021/11/27/amesh-adalja-omicron-likely-in-us-low-levels-smerconish-sot-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211127101051-amesh-adalja-smerconish-split-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/health/2021/11/27/amesh-adalja-omicron-likely-in-us-low-levels-smerconish-sot-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/coronavirus/”,”description”:”Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist, explains why he thinks the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus is likely in the US at a lower level than the Delta variant.”,”descriptionText”:”Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist, explains why he thinks the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus is likely in the US at a lower level than the Delta variant.”},{“title”:”Fauci: Omicron variant almost invariably will spread all over”,”duration”:”01:09″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/health/2021/11/27/fauci-says-omicron-covid-variant-possibly-already-in-us-sot-nr-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”health/2021/11/27/fauci-says-omicron-covid-variant-possibly-already-in-us-sot-nr-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211127101834-fauci-omicron-nbc-intv-for-video-vpx-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/health/2021/11/27/fauci-says-omicron-covid-variant-possibly-already-in-us-sot-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/coronavirus/”,”description”:”Dr. Anthony Fauci shared that it’s possible the Omicron Covid-19 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