and possibly 500 who died from this infection. we had this notionnentialally this was just a disease of older people. this is not true. >> joining me now to discuss is a professor of emergency med sp at oregon health and science. good to see you. how concerned are you about this spike in hospitalizations among young people even though 24% of kids in that age bracket have received at least one dose? >> yeah, it's concerning and we have to remember now there are two experiences with covid-19 in this country. among vaccinated people cases are plummeting and becoming very mild. but among unvaccinated people the case rate is still pretty much the same as it was before we rolled out vaccines. so it is better once you've gotten the vaccine, and of course many of our children remain in that group that haven't. the other thing to remember about kids is that we've been really comfortable with low disease rates and low