not be complcomplacent. since the increased transmissibility of omicron might be overridden by the sheer volume that may be of reduced severity, but could still stress our hospital system. a certain proportion of a large volume of cases, no matter what, are going to be severe. so don t take this as a signal that we can pull back from the recommendations that you just heard from dr. walensky about the need for vaccination, for boostering, for wearing masks and all the other cdc recommendations. so let me close with the final slide, just a word about children because we re getting asked about that. the omicron variant so far appears to be less severe than the delta, but remember the caveat. rapid community spread is seeing