symptoms can be mild. and then can worsen over the course of the next week or two. we've known since the beginning of this pandemic that it takes about a week for folks to get sick enough to need to be hospitalized. and then about another week or so before we start to see m motality. if her conditions were mild and then dissipate, the queen is moving in the right direction. if her systems worsen, that's a different story. hopefully we won't see that. . >> i want to ask about this sub variant ba.2. 4% of americans are infected with this. i guess we expect it to grow because it is more contagious than omicron. could this mean another surge? >> i think the consensus is probably not. the three things to consider