omicron, should we return to early pandemic measures? i ve looked, it s a very close vote. i ll give you the results at the end of the hour. joining me now dr. cody misener, chief of ped trat yiks at tufts children s hospital, professor at tufts school of medicine. dr. misener, nice to see you again. your thesis is protect the vulnerable. forget the lockdowns, learn to live with the virus. if i m misstating it you ll correct it. but won t that lead to more cases, more hospitalizations, and ultimately more deaths? well, good morning, michael. and thank you very much for the opportunity to join you this morning. i appreciate it. i think that s a little bit of an over-simplification of my thoughts. let me just phrase it like this. i think at the beginning of this pandemic, people thought that measures that would reduce the transmission of this virus,