the amount of patients coming in is more than i ve ever seen in the emergency departmentsment people are talking about how omicron is milder and it is anecdotally as well. big data is better than any anecdotal experience, but when you have this many people getting sick, when you have this many people getting infected, if it s slightly milder, it s still going to cause a ton of hospitalizations because almost everyone is getting infected. it really seems to be a huge scourge. we can barely fit patients even in the waiting room, forget the e.r. i ve never seen it like this. franco, what have you been hearing from the white house about the current surge in cases? they re obviously concerned about the surge in cases. at the same time, they re trying to say that they have a handle on it. but as the doctor says, i mean, so many people are feeling this. they are concerned. the president likes to say that they have all the tools to