variant like omicron that is muh more widespread. you were going to have people who get into a car accident and go into the emergency room. they re swabbing everybody. you re going to have people who have incidental positive. trace: what is he driving at here dr. makary and his is an important distinction to make? it s. in state leaders are getting frustrated at something that many of us a been calling on the cdc to report through the entire pandemic. they ve not on it. the number one key indicator of where we stand with covid has always been new daily hospitalizations for covid here not just with covid. we even heard the new york governor office acknowledge that up to half of all covid hospitalizations are not for covid. a lot of local leaders are pushing back and saying we demand the statistic. if you re not going to give it to us, we are going to collect it ourselves. if you test everyone in america from an enterococcus which can cause meningitis, 10% will be