joining us now. good to see you, doctor. what do you see of the nationwide numbers right now with the calendar now right between thanksgiving and christmas, new year s, hannukah holiday season. it s very concerning to see such high levels right now, and omicron probably hasn t hit its stride yet within our population, and with the holidays coming like you suggest it, we re going to see more of a spike so we re going into the season with already high levels. we re going to see more spiking and we re going to see our hospital systems overwhelmed. many are already overwhelmed talking to my colleagues across the country where the e.r.s are spilling over, the icus are spilling over and there s a lot of things we can still do as opposed to aer yearing . we have better understanding and tools at our disposal that can