seeing our loved ones and there is a way for us to do that while reducing our risk. >> president biden was very clear about that. he said, if you're vaccinated, go enjoy your holidays. >> i do wonder and granting, it's early, if this data bears out, that omicron for the vaccinated causes less severe, perhaps asymptomatic cases by and large, does that mean that the peak of this may not be as bad as some of the worst projections in recent weeks? >> well, that's the hope. the hope is that omicron, it's speaking through our population in places where it's hit. there's a very sharp rise as there was in south africa, uk and other places. but the hope is we're also going to have a sharp decline and also that there is a decoupling between infections and hospitalizations and deaths. that's what we're seeing in israel. that's, in fact, what we've seen in south africa. i hope that will bear out in the