us in a very different point now than we were one year ago. so they're trying to find a way to talk about this that seems more optimistic than to suggest game over, we just have to deal with covid-19 the way it is now forever. i thought it was interesting we also heard wa len si responding to some of the barrage of criticism about the loss of credibility for the cdc about the way the administration has handled this. she was pretty frank and saying look, this is difficult. we're talking about science and circumstances that are constantly changing and evolving or trying to provide the best information in realtime that we can, but that information is necessarily going to change because of how fast covid is changing. and that sometimes gets misconstrued as poor communication creates this confusion that so many americans around the country are dealing with. >> and in speaking of communication, the white house has put a presidential address on covid on the calendar for thursday. are we to assume in the next few days, they're trying to figure out what they want their messaging to be about the