the local case numbers are very low. certainly news of a potentially new, more con table us on, more dangerous omnicron variant even though scientists don't know a lot about it yet, but the possibility of the fact that you have guests in different hotel rooms catching this certainly has people in hong kong alarmed. will it lead people to get those vaccine doses or booster shots that the territory's offering, only time will tell. >> will, you've been tracking this virus for nearly two years now, and there you are right now again giving us very important information on the ground there live for us from hong kong. appreciate it. to help us sort out everything we're learning about the new variant, i'm joined by dr. peter droback, infectious disease and global health expert in oxford, england. do you believe this could potentially be the variant that we've all feared, right, that this is the one that evades the vaccines? >> well hi, good to be with you. i think there's real rope for