everything they can to slow the spread of this virus, and it feels almost unbelievable saying this a year after i was vaccinated and almost two years into saying this. but we have a communal responsibility. our individual decisions matter. and as dr. osterholm said, you know, getting together can be safe if we use rapid tests beforehand, if we limit the size of our groups. but if we are going to big indoor parties without masks, without testing, i think you are going to end up fighting a lot of family like i have seen also in the past couple days that are going to find positives among them. >> dr. spencer, if i can stick with you for a second, i spoke to michael who runs northwell health in new york state. your hospital system is not part of that but it is in the same area. he said they are only 10% filled right now. they have a lot more capacity. they are not seeing huge increases in terms of hospitalizations, yet. um, do you think that -- that maybe there will be a decoupling between this explosive rise in