400,000 every day. every state is dealing with this disease fueled largely by the omicron variant. the accelerated spread having far reaching impacts on american lives. short staffed airlines with winter weather forcing the cancellation of thousands of flights again today. a travel nightmare for people returning from the holidays. and parents now worry as classes are set to resume for their children after the winter break. several school districts announcing they are switching to online learning to start the semester. the white house feverishly working on plans to address and mitigate covid s daily disruptions while acknowledging those disruptions will only get worse as the virus advances. so it s kind of like a very interesting somewhat complicated issue where you have a virus that might actually be less severe in its pathogen nisty but so many people are getting infected that the net amount, the total amount of people that