variant is the sure number of mutations it has. of course smarter minds are saying it and i m learning more about it. but how significant is just, the number of mutations versus what these mutations actually do? yeah. that s a great question. i should just context-wise, there have been, you know, lots and lots of variants that have emerged through this pandemic, but only a few have risen to the level of being a viariant of concern nape of seen certain mutations out of the 50 or so that omicron has that have been associated with being able to evade antibodies. that s some of that immunity escape. there is other mutations that may make it more transmissible. so these are signals. it s kind of like cooking in a way. you re putting a bunch of things together in a dish. do they retain specific qualities or is something else entirely going to come out of all these mutations? we don t know. in the past, kate, they made a