people who would have boosters versus people who had only had two shots. to remind everyone what it means to be or what the booster rules are in the united states or the booster guidelines, i should say, the suggestion from the cdc is that everyone age 12 and older should get a booster once they are five months past their second shot. less than half of those eligible have gotten boosters, and only a quarter of the total population is vaccinated. now, it goes without saying but i will say it anyway, that being unvaccinated is the worst possible choice you could make. a separate study by cdc researchers found that senior citizens, those over 65. if they were unvaccinated, they were 49 times more likely to end up in the hospital. alisyn, victor. >> elizabeth cohen, thank you for helping us understand all of those recent studies. now to the economy, mortgage rates are soaring, leaving many first time home buyers in the lurch, and leaving those who waited to pull the trigger out of luck.