Organization is a variant called ba.2.86. what is unusual about this variant, it is highly mutated. it contains about 30 mutations in the spike protein which is what our vaccines recognize. and it has scientists worrying that either our native immunity from a prayer infection or the immunity garnered from a prior vaccination may not respond to this variant. we don t know yet how transmissible it is. we don t know if it will become a prominent strain. the number of mutation that s are concerned within this new variant really has the attention of people around the world. it sound like we need to be on high alert here in the coming weeks. stay tuned. all right. it s great to see you as always. i hope i m not seeing you every week as we used to. i feel the same way. we ll do it on a personal basis. thank you. this week s cnn hero has