would recommend strongly stay away from that this year. the government of south africa now says it passed through the omicron peak without a spike in deathsna. certainly gives a lot of hope to a number of countries struggling with the variant. bret? bret: you know, steve, the fda has made a decision on these boosters. but for kids, for example, but it seems to be a disagreement between dr. fauci and the world health organization on this. bret, the w.h.o. is clearly taking a shot at the u.s. the director pretty much came out and said that the rich countries, like the u.s., should not be giving boosters to children while in much of the world there are older people dying who have never gotten a single shot. they say not only is it unfair but it will prolong the pandemic and, of course, fauci is a strong advocate of vaccines for children and we could see booster approval for 12 to 15-year-olds begin as early as next week. bret? bret: all right. steve harrigan in atlanta. steve, tha