virus, that omicron a lot of the omicron infections are actually reinfections and we will still continue to see infections on top of omicron as new waves arise. so what i ve been saying is with this omicron wave it actually is an opportunity now to vaccinate the world because once you vaccinate on top of omicron, then what you can do is engender some robust immunity. so now is the time to do this globally so we prevent the emergence of future variants. infection and recovery, the level of immune protection we have now seen is quite modest in some cases it doesn t exist at all. i have to bring tom costello in and talk travel. tom, the travel portion of this, we have been talking about the airport situation for days. while it s devastating, it s understandable. what i do not understand is this insane traffic jam in virginia, still going on. we re getting updates from senator tim kaine who was on his normal drive from virginia to