here in the united states even though there is some immunity involved with getting over covid or having a testing option. germany calls that the 3g's. the third is a rapid test. a rapid test may be the most predictive of all that you're not contagious or infectious but germany, as you know, under the new incoming chancellor may be about to go to a more superimposed vaccine mandate and lockdown. so these are shifting terrains, but i think the question is how do you get people to comply, how do you get people comfortable without them quitting their jobs. >> mike: we have a reporting on a new variant out of south africa, concerns about it spreading, hitting young people. what do know about it, how concerned are you? >> i've said before i'm not a was concerned about these variantses of concern, but these -- this one, b11529, does concern me. i'll tell you why. it's got 32 mutations in the protein which is how the virus spreads, and in the province around johannesburg, there's