omicron. doctor, walk us through what you mean about the incubation periods. yes, that s between your exposure and then when you will be spewing out infection. it does appear to be that this variant has a very big proclivity for the nasopharynx. that s the nose and the back of the throat and doesn t spread throughout the bod different it binds very quickly, reproduces very quickly, you can then transmit it even before you have symptoms and in large quantity because it s in the nose and the throat. that doesn t mean it s going to debilitate you the way delta has, for example. margaret, what do you see here in this new year that is similar in some ways to the last one? well, despite all the positive parts that, ari, you described and the good doctor described hi, zeke the