people not protected. yet to get the vaccine. it s cold and flu season. cold dry air precipitates and really propagates transmission. what we re going to see in the next several weeks across hospitals and the country. is not surprising. it s preventable. but not surprising. after that, end of march i think we ll be turning a page here for a variety of reasons. the variant has fuelled record hospitalizations among children. a 66% increase in admissions in the past week. what will the january surge mean for kids? and for other vulnerable populations. and when you hear the numbers how you square that with the description of the variant as more mild. i think td description we need to be cautious about calling this we re still learning. it first emerged five weeks ago. friday after thanksgiving. when there was reporting. we don t know how it behaves among older individuals that are unvaccinated.