the caseload. and we may be just at the beginning of what the world health organization chief warns maybe a tsunami of delta and omicron cases. back with us tonight, doctor céline gounder, clinical assistant professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the nyu school of medicine and bellevue hospital. she was part of a panel that advised the biden transition team. and she was the weekly podcast of the impact of coronavirus called, epidemic. it is good to have you here. i want to start with that possible tsunami. reference by the w. h. o chief. there was a new york headline that said that new york struggles to keep running under omicron. when everything from a huge percentage of emts calling out sick, subway lines shutting down because they don't have people, there was this one example of a 68th president. in downtown brooklyn, wanda ortiz who has a fever, body