united kingdom from three separate sources, the uk security agency, the university of edinburough at scotland and imperial college, each of these show that in various parameters of disease severity, omicron appears to be less than delta. next slide. although this data is a bit more preliminary, but nonetheless indications from houston, texas, indicate that we re seeing similar situations here in the united states. next slide. this slide is from canada, again showing that the risk of hospitalizations or death were 65% lower only month omicron compared to delta and the risk of intensive care was 83%. next slide. if you go to in vitro animal studies, these are interesting. remember, there s always a caveat associated with animal studies. in a number of studies, ones