but the beyond the boosters and common sense health measures what can americans do? and on that, is there a possibility that if things get real bad, could mask mandates return in some places? you know, i suspect in places that are most boosted, jonathan, we might be hearing about mask mandates. but yet again, similarly in places with low uptake of vaccines, that s probably not going to happen. so, we ll see it play out as we ve seen in the last few years. to your point what can be done to bolster our response, come late november into february, there are a few things here. first of all, for those of you thinking about getting boosted, timing matters. i m recommending to all of my patients now to the end of october, great time to get your covid booster, also your flu shot. you can even get it at the same time, same visit. different arms. doesn t interact. very, very safe here.