the problem is that a small percentage of a very large number is a large number, and that s really what we re worried about. we re worried about as the number of people infected continues to grow, that even though a large number of people ar are protected from severe illness by vaccination status we could overwhelm the health care system. that doesn t appear to be what is happening now. we have a lot of confidence in the quality of our health care staff and personnel to weather this, but it is something that we have to watch from moment to moment. you mentioned south africa. we ve watched israel in the past and europe and other nations to figure out how the u.s. should maybe operate or conform or change things. we just learned london cancelled their new year s celebration and mayor de blasio is considering whether to cancel the times square ball drop. there is a billy joel concert at msg. are large scale events a good idea right now in general? we re at a stage right now
similar case numbers in the past and i m quite confident that s the effect of the vaccines. the problem is that a small percentage of a very large number is a large number, and that s really what we re worried about. we re worried about as the number of people infected continues to grow, that even though a large number of people are protected from severe illness by vaccination status we could overwhelm the health care system. that doesn t appear to be what is happening now. we have a lot of confidence in the quality of our health care staff and personnel to weather this, but it is something that we have to watch from moment to moment. you mentioned south africa. we ve watched israel in the past and europe and other nations to figure out how the u.s. should maybe operate or conform or change things. we just learned london cancelled their new year s celebration and mayor de blasio is considering whether to cancel the times square ball drop. there is a billy joel concert at msg. are lar