peak. i think in the past couple of days, we hit that peak. we are slowly starting to turn. there are parts of the country that are still accelerating. we're a big country. as you ned, new york, d.c., down, parts of the country still rising but in next few weeks we'll see every part of our country descending substantial, that's a really good thing. >> does the relative transmissibility of omicron, how fast it spread, flatten that peak across the country? i mean, it's so contagious, does it burn through the populations even faster when it gets to these other places? >> yeah, that's what we have seen. that's what we saw in south africa. that was, i think, the first place that gave us hope, that if we saw a large increase, we'd manage it quickly. that's what we saw in the uk and looks like it's happening here. many parts of the world are just binning their omicron surge. i'm hopeful for as well that they'll get through it quickly. obviously, it's affected a large