well, unfortunately, i don t think we know anything for sure about omicron, but what we do know is actually encouraging. if it is the variant that we think it is, it is capable of producing what appears to be lifelong immunity with mild disease for healthy people and that does potentially bring the pandemic at a medical level and epidemiological level to an end. the problem is that what we are seeing from our public health authorities is a mono maniacal obsession with mandates especially surrounding things like vaccines and masks which do not seem to work. will: i heard all the cav yoteds. i heard all potentially in your statement. they are all appropriate and all scientific. but it is very possible, in fact, it could be logical in what i m hearing omicron could be our savior, it would be the end of the pandemic as your point, mild version of the virus that confers natural immunity on