worse than it had been before. that s the most important priority for him and there s optimism that that could happen. omicron wave may peak, according to some scientists in the next few weeks. there are new therapeutics that can be mass marketed to the public to treat covid if you have a severe case. if there s a way by spring or summer to get to the point where covid is a problem but not a deadly one for most people, that s going to make things better. and with that comes the economy, right? the economy has been doing pretty well. it s growing at a fast clip. it s unemployment is down. stock markets are up. but inflation, obviously, is a big worry for many americans and that s something that president biden needs to get under control as well. for sure. 1/6 anniversary coming up thursday. there s a strong majority, peter, americans who are condemning the event, 72% believing the people involved were threatening democracy. then you have only 58% of americans believing that donald t