With David Lim and Daniel Lippman
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— The White House is scrambling to contain the economic and societal fallout from a record surge of coronavirus cases.
— Republican governors are downplaying the threat posed by Omicron, while simultaneously pleading with the Biden administration for help fighting it.
— The CDC is sticking with its controversial Covid-19 isolation guidelines, pointing to evidence it says justifies the need for people to stay home only five days.
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