commissioner this week saying that nearly everyone is going to encounter the omicron variant. are you discouraged by that? what do you make of this change in tone? reporter: well i think we ve been hearing some version of this for some time. remember, the w.h.o. european chief, when omicron started really surging said, within six to eight weeks they anticipated that, you know, half of european citizens would likely be exposed to this just within six to eight weeks. it s not that surprising. also look at numbers in terms of confirmed cases in the united states, any given day, that s a significant underestimate. because we re still not testing enough, and a lot of people are doing at-home tests and those aren t reported. instead of three quarters of a million, probably closer to 2 million, maybe, people getting infected every day. i m not discouraged by that. i think that the question really is not how many people ultimately will get exposeds but