Flights canceled, holiday plans upended by COVID-19 Omicron variant

The COVID-19 Omicron variant is wreaking havoc on holiday plans. CBS News' Courtney Kealy reports, then Dr. Bob Lahita spoke with Bradley Blackburn on CBSN about what you should know if you're going to gather with your family this Christmas.

[jojopapa]

If OMICRON could talk, it would say it has nothing to do with the cancellations.

[williamjoseph]

Literally, who cares? We the people are over it at this point.

[TheNoirMirror]

'Covid related staff shortages'. In other words: 'Staff that refused the jab.'

[pmarie]

All the jabbed up people I work with, in a hospital, are getting sick. Two people called into my unit, last night. ICU is short staffed. NONE of the unvaxxed, that I know of, are sick, at this time.

[wheelchairwhacko]

"Americans are trying to avoid bringing COVID home."

Not really, because they're still traveling.

[dandrake]

This is all a joke.

I find it hard to believe people are still ignorant enough to be buying into this nonsense.

[Tessican]

Wow. Those vax mandates sure helped out the airline industry.

[eamGhast]

Fear is the real virus, listen to this writing guys. These scripts are mocking your gullibility.

[citticat]

"The new strain" is spoiling Christmas, more like the NWO.

[clintonkildepsteen]

I saw a post from msm that said "how to tell the difference between omicron and the common cold"... If you can't tell the difference, is it really that bad and do we really need these restrictions?? This is about control

[greatscott]

How is this possibly leading to staffing shortages at airlines? Don’t they have a vaccine mandate?

[januszdworak]

Wow. We live in a movie. Nothing is real anymore.

[stripeddrone]

So football games are okay but not christmas dinner?

[rebeccalevine]

I listen to these headlines for a few minutes and think we are doomed… then read comments and realize we are all awake!

[graphitetailgrace]

Even though Omicron has objectively been the most mild of the three COVID symptoms, we're just going to strand you in your current location and force your families to spend Christmas without you.

Place your bets everyone, who thinks Fauci got to see his family for the holidays with no pushback whatsoever?

[APT]

My cousin and his wife both work for Delta. They said they were giving out Holiday furloughs like candy. This was definitely planned.

[joedoherty]

Enjoy Christmas with your family and friends. If you can be in Walmart 50 thousand deep, dinner with family will be fine.

[dashmanqq]

Omicron is the mildest variant so far its a good sign that the virus is weakening. It also spreads much faster which could ultimately speed up an end to the pandemic.

[TOMMY-WANT-WINGY]

“All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.”

— George Orwell

[Minecraft-gwjv]

It was never about the Variant… I’m hearing from my Friends Pilots are having a lot of Issues lately! Why don’t you all tell the Truth about exactly what is happening!?!?!?