christmas eve. nearly 50,000 people tests positive for covid and concerns of kids. the number of child hospitalizations from covid-19 quadrupling in new york city in recent weeks. with other cities on edge. renewing calls for parents to get the kids vaccinated. and then to top it all off, scores of travelers dealing with delays from coast to coast. omicron slamming airline workers causing widespread staff shortages leading to more than 2,000 canceled flights. in the united states since christmas eve. but there is, everybody, some good news. this hopeful note orr the holiday weekend. we have made tremendous progress in the last two years by studies recently done we have savered more than a million lives with vaccination efforts