to get a negative test and rapid test and it s negative, that makes you much safer to get out. if you re going to be in any kind of higher risk setting, you absolutely need to be wearing a mask because there s so much virus and so much spread happening right now. so the point is you can lower the isolation and you can keep people safe, we don t need 10-day isolations anymore. the key is first five days. arthel: okay, so when will we get past the first wave of omicron and how close are we drn coronavirus variety pack of seasonal viruses? two good questions. first how quickly are we going to get through the wave. i believe and predictions are tenuous but my best guess right now is we are going to see a peak of the omicron some time in the next couple of weeks, two weeks, obviously different parts of america and about once we get into february you will see case numbers really drop off. at that point, i think we as a