person almost likely will mean no symptoms or mild ones similar to the common respiratory viruses. over 200 million americans should have the peace of mind that they did not have in march of 2020. today president joe biden aaddressed the nation on the omicron coronavirus variant as the administration faces a unique challenge at this point in the pandemic. they want people to get the booster shot because the data show that your vaccine immunity does decline over time. so if your shots were six months or longer ago, a booster shot helps restore it. that can help a lot against omicron based on some of the data we re seeing. at the same time the white house does not want to down play the importance of vaccination itself, because the one consistent takeaway we have is that the vaccine, the normal vaccine course does not just reduce transmission, it also is our greatest protection right now against serious illness and death from the virus. in this week that is more important than ever beca