virus has to do that, the less likelihood a virus has to mutate, the less likely you re going to get a variant. so one of the things we need to do about our long end game is to do the things we ve been saying every single day. not only for ourselves but internationally. and you know, we have done a lot and we ll continue to do a lot to get lower and middle income countries vaccinated. [ inaudible question ] oh, absolutely. there s no doubt that this will end, i promise you that. this will end. i m sorry, we have to let dr. fauci go. thank you for coming. appreciate it. they re going to be doing a press conference in california where they may have additional details to share. i know we have a bit of a crowded day today, so we ll get to as many people as possible. we ll let people know when they need to gather. so just a couple of light things not light, but a few things at the top. i m sure everyone saw the red ribbon on the north portico
0 the president was asked about this earlier this week and he said that had not been recommended to him. you re his chief medical adviser. do you think that s something the country should adopt? i m not so sure we should say that should be a requirement. we have 60 million people in this country who are not vaccinated, who are eligible to be vaccinated. let s get them vaccinated, let s get the people who are vaccinated boosted, let s get the children vaccinated. that s where we want to go as opposed to a requirement. reporter: some people say you have extinguished many of your options to get those people vaccinated and this is one of the ways, as the osha mandate is held up in court, this would be a way to get more people you know, that s a possibility. but for the people who are listening to this, we talk about why it s important to get vaccinated. i think what s happening now is another example of why it s important for people to get vaccinated who have not been vaccinated, b