immunity with vaccinations. some combo of those. what are we learning from brit jn they ve seen quite the surge? i think what we re learning is that the reality of this new variant is that we are going to see an exponential rise in cases here in the u.s., and that within a matter of weeks omicron is going to become the predominant variant. we are going to, because of that, just by sheer absolute number, we re going to see a significant rise in hospitalizations. again, not necessarily because it s more severe, but because there are more people who are infected. we have a crisis in terms of staffing shortages in hospitals around the country, and we re also seeing a deluge of people not taking care of chronic ills ins flout the pandemic and now seeking care with more advanced stages of numerous different diseases. you know me, alex. i try to see the cup half full. you know, if you re doing your