closely with our government partners to evaluate any changes to u.s. travel policy. big gut punch to the travel industry right now. not even three weeks ago that travel opened up for fully vaccinated foreign nationals coming into the united states. this shows how quickly things can change in this new pandemic era, jessica. right. the change is constant, pete. thanks so much. and let me bring in dr. abdul al zaid, an epidemiologist and former detroit health commissioner. thanks for being with us. first, i want to get your reaction. we re learning moments ago that the w.h.o. has named this variant omacron considering it a variant of earn can. elizabeth walked us through a little bit what that means. as an epidemiologist, what do you think it means? it really is quite concerning. how fast that it s enriching, meaning how fast it s taking up space among all of the pantheon