patients and so the capacity to do that and do that at scale across the country is going to be really important. it is a great thing that most of the circumstantial evidence that we have about the severity of cases suggests that they have been generally less severe. that being said, of course, we've got to wait for the science on this, and we've got to understand that, you know, an n equals 1 situation doesn't really tell us about the overall risk of severe illness among individuals who may come down with omicron. but it is heartening to hear and certainly good for that one individual, and certainly the folks with whom he has come in contact. >> doctor, let me lean on your experience as a public health official of a major city, former health commissioner there in detroit. what we heard there was that they're not changing the health protocols in san francisco despite having identified the first case of omicron. you look here in the state of new york, the governor's already declared a state of emergency saying that it's coming in no identified case of that variant