and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news and it is concerning news this hour. we have a new study just coming out of the uk that finds there is no evidence that the omicron strain is less severe than the delta variant. well, this comes as dr. anthony fauci today warned that the 80% of americans who have not yet received their boosters are at real risk. the data i showed indicated that, particularly with omicron, that the level of protection goes really rather low in a in a in a range that may not be as protective as we like. but yet, when you get that boost, it goes right up there. okay. so, you know, when you look at how many americans actually are are boosted, right, it s, you know, about 14-15%. think about that. that that is a real issue. and the reality comes as cases are surging, deaths are up sharply now, about 8% from last week. and we are just at the beginning of the actual omicron wave, itself. right? you know, the don t