![Paul Rudd attends the premiere of "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" at AMC Lincoln Square 13 Nov. 15, 2021, in New York. Rudd hosted SNL for the fifth time on Saturday, but the show was filmed without a live audience.](https://i1.wp.com/media.npr.org/assets/img/2021/12/19/ap21352776057123_wide-30ab44edf8d8ccebc74d62204b728111caab0d52.jpg?w=705&ssl=1)
The highly transmissible variant has again upended life in the U.S., as officials warn of a coming spike in cases and people race to get booster shots and coronavirus tests during the winter holidays.
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