that country. right now they're mocking up an exact copy of that omicron virus, putting that in petri dishes, combining that with blood from people who have been fully immunized and who don't have other issues, and are trying to see how much that person's antibodies can neutralize this new variant. that's what takes a couple of weeks. from that data we will know, do the antibodies we produce from our vaccines and our boosters cover us enough to protect us against this virus. that's critical data. as dr. fauci mentioned, that data will probably show that there is a level of protection, especially against death and severe hospitalization. but, you know, we've had such good luck with the performance of our vaccines that we would love to know if being up to date on our boosters will give us even more protection, because boosters can give you broader immunity, which is something that i think the public doesn't realize. >> so that's exactly what i was going to ask you about here for a moment. vaccine makers have already