it's a community decision, whether you're going to get the vaccine, or not. when i hear people's hesitation, it's -- it's reasons that are selfish. it's for themselves. and i'm not saying you're selfish if you don't get the vaccine. i'm saying, think differently. think bigger. um, this is a community. um, a nationwide, a worldwide pandemic and if you look up the word, the definition of pandemic, it's pretty scary. and there -- there's a way to fix this. the short term, is mask up. the long term is vaccination. >> yeah, listen. and doing research for this and, also, just covering this for the entire time that we've had -- we've been dealing with covid-19. you know, even today, i -- i was reading and looking. you know, some of the research involved going online. and people said -- there were people there saying it's not real. the hospitals aren't full. um, hospitals aren't experiencing any difficulties. there aren't many patients going in. there's still that information out there. doctor, what can you -- what do you -- can you tell people about this, please? >> well, um, as my mom told me a