COVID surge multiplies dangers for Biden
| President Biden is facing steep political risks as the omicron variant surges, propelling the fight against the pandemic into a new phase.
New infections have risen to more than 200,000 per day — and the situation could get much worse. Francis Collins, the outgoing director of the National Institutes of Health, has suggested daily infections could ultimately reach one million. In the United Kingdom, where COVID trends have often presaged those seen in the U.S., daily infections are now over 120,000 in a nation roughly one-fifth as populous. |
