critical care pulmonologist in seattle. he's also on the faculty of th university of washington institute for health metrics vin, always good to see you, unfortunately it is never with good news. right now, a lot of health people are vaccinated. they have gone through two plus years of covid, and the are kind of over takin precautions. they are saying i'm not masking, i'm not sitting home, i am living my life what do all of those peopl need to know heading into next week >> it is always great to see you, good evening. what i would say to thos individuals that you are protected from somebody like me, especially if you are overall healthy individual you could be contagious, you could have an infection with the virus, especially during the holidays, new years eve, the celebrations, you coul expose somebody who might be medically higher risk, and might not be as well protected