Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a former Food and Drug Administration commissioner, said the current wave of Omicron variant-driven coronavirus cases is projected to peak nationally in mid-January, and has likely already reached peak in some East Coast cities.
In a , Gottlieb said that in some parts of the country along the East Coast, “it’s probably peaking right now,” including the New York metropolitan area, the mid-Atlantic, and places like Maryland, Washington, D.C., Florida, and Delaware.
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