contributor katty kay. my christmas shopping was already done in the summer. exactly right. i don t let the summer go past without it. we have david ignatitous and eugene daniels, jackie alemany and mika and willie both have the morning off. they re on assignments. when i am off, they say i am on assignment. maybe i am sleeping in late or maybe i am in yugoslavia. katty, i was reading the post
americans to get the vaccine other than, you know, just to keep themselves safe through a difficult time. yes, the virus really does not care who you voted for. the virus does not care whether you think it should be a virus or not or does not care if you feel you are done with this virus. it s just a virus and it will get you when it can. that shield is those vaccines and boosters. and we really need to get those boosters, too. david, it was so interesting you were saying like all of us when we got our vaccines, we thought that was it. well, it was. we are learning about the virus and like any virus, i moves and mutates and takes on different form. we have scientists and doctors who were able to put together a vaccine in record times.
you got vaccinated, the feeling watching the needle going into your arm, my father who s 100 years old and sitting with him as he got his vaccination, wow, it s over. it wasn t. not quite. david is right, we ll live with this until enough people get vaccinated and then it s wiped off the earth for a while. so much to manage now than it was a couple of marches, two marches ago? we all lost count. when you are in that dark cave, you kind of forgot. two marches ago, you get covid and for many people, there was fear of a death sentence. things are getting better and much more manageable and much
of overdose in the community. my top priority is to gain back that trust of the community because without the community members who know what s going on in their areas, law enforcement is hamper. violent crime is definitely one of my top priorities. there is a connection between that and we have a high opioid problem in our district. it s being driven by the increase of fentanyl entering the system, we are seeing a concerning rise of methamphetamine. we brought charges to those worst defenders that we see. hopefully that sends a message to the local communities that we as united states attorneys care about the violence that s going on in our districts. heidi, thank you so much. we really appreciate it. hey, david, you and i, i won t say we are the only ones old
and they get caught not sacrificing. david, there is as general sense of exhaustion among everybody whether they are in britt or in america, come on please. new york city a week ago when we were up there we wanted to go to a restaurant. you have a vaccine card and you go in there and i commented that it was packed. it looked like 1999 all over again. people were everywhere. you can t get in restaurants. just one week later mask mandates inside. you walk in anywhere and you put a mask on. it s hard to go back to that. three or four, five times. i understand why they are doing it. this omicron variant even if it s not the deadliest variant and if it spreads like wildfire, that s going to shut a lot of things down. that s bad news for business.