don t are learning more every day. we don t yet are learning more every day. we don t yet know omicron s severity, its exact don t yet know omicron s severity, its exact rate of transmission, nor indeed its exact rate of transmission, nor indeed the its exact rate of transmission, nor indeed the full effectiveness of our vaccines indeed the full effectiveness of our vaccines against it. since i last spoke vaccines against it. since i last spoke to vaccines against it. since i last spoke to you, it s become increasingly clear that omicron is growing increasingly clear that omicron is growing much faster than the previous growing much faster than the previous delta variant, and it is spreading previous delta variant, and it is spreading rapidly all around the world spreading rapidly all around the world. 568 cases have been confirmed through world. 568 cases have been confirmed through genomic sequencing across every through genomic sequencing across every region o