Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said 75% of people who died of COVID-19 had at least four comorbidities. She added that this was encouraging news considering the spread of the omicron variant, which health officials believe is more transmissible than other strains but less severe. The top health official commented on ABC’s Good Morning America days after Fauci said statistics on child hospitalizations are being overblown.
