i tend to agree with dr. frieden here. what we ve seen is this omicron wave cresting and with this cresting, a lot of infections that fortunately did not result in an attendant increase in deaths among vaccinated people. so, it really does show the power of vaccination, the power of immunity to fight against coronavirus. i m hoping this is a lesson moving forward. i m hoping people are getting convinced to get vaccinated because they see how dramatically different the outcomes are for vaccinated people versus unvaccinated people. there are good lessons to learn here with regards to testing as well and making tests more available so i m hopeful too. i think we re making real progress at this point. maybe this will convince them because every day i am astounded by the numbers. 2,300 americans died yesterday from covid. i mean, we don t talk about the numbers as much anymore because there is a feeling that we are almost coming out the other side of it and i do think that all americans