this privately just as a concerned -- someone who's concerned about these kids, what would you say to them? >> well, we're in touch, our teams are in touch. and i always make very clear, you know, the priority. whenever there's a crisis and we deal with fires under emergency management, i deal with floods and i've dealt with this pandemic. we need to put politics aside, and we need to get the work done. but it seems like with this pandemic it is a competition amongst republican governors to see who can be the first to politicize things. i mean, how does it make sense from a health standpoint, from a medical standpoint to rush to say an fda approved vaccine can't be required when so many vaccines are required in different kinds of settings. and so i hope that as these hospitalizations climb, you know, right here in harris count a, we have people waiting hours and hours and for a hospital