is a ridiculous excuse. we just haven t taken the initiative as a nation to actually rule out the important public health tools that we need to benefit and best support the vaccine rollout. nahid you and i have had multiple called facetious on the show over the course of this pandemic. how bad is it right now? what is coming down the line in terms of on the crime in the u.s.? and how badly is this amidst ration handling it in terms of not ramping up testing? not being more aggressive on mask and vaccine mandates. i mean, we still don t have a vaccine mandate for domestic travel barely a week from christmas eve. mehdi, i think the worry i neither s have is that we re in a twin pandemic because what you see in the uk outside of south africa that saw that growth just doubling in time, unbelievable. i mean, the pandemic is just moving so fast and even the numbers that you re hearing about, the prevalence of omicron are probably