don't get me wrong, vaccinations are important. we see that vaccinations are still important in preventing the worst outcomes of covid-1 -- even in this current surge they're still effective. we need to decrease transmission, you know, as your reporters have mentioned. we're seeing significant staffing shortages among health care workers, among teachers, and all different industries because of the variant, even though it's quote, unquote, mild, less severe. it's causing significant disruptions. i think that we definitely are not indemmic yet. we are seeing an exponential increases in cases. i think that over the next few weeks, we have to think about how are we going to contain the spread. encouraging vaccinations and boosters, but that takes about five to six weeks for people to get fully vaccinated. obviously even longer to get fully boosted. we need to focus on what we call