jha. thank you, andrea, for having me back. well, i m so interested in your take on all of this. so covid first. just how bad is this latest wave going to get? we have anecdotally here in d.c. and people in new york and traveling back from europe more and more people who are fully vaccinated and boosted are getting, you know, covid. some for the first time, some for the second time. yeah, andrea. as you started, ba.5 is the most contagious. if you were infected earlier this year you re still at high risk of reinfection. if you ve not been vaccinated recently, you have a high risk of having a breakthrough. the good news is our vaccines are working really well at keeping people out of the hospital. we have therapies that are making a difference. really, really important that any american over the age of 50 if you ve not gotten a shot this year in the year 2022, you need
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