washington, d.c., reverse course on that saying look, obviously it's not the time to do that. what do you think about those indoor mask mandates being lifted? >> well, we have to keep emphasizing that the delta variant is here. it is causing major challenges. here i sit in the upper midwest where we've seen tremendous increases in cases over the past six weeks. you're part of a northeastern, southeastern combination, where we're now beginning to see cases rise substantially in the far northeast and some potential hint of it may even start to increase in the southern states. as of this week, 32 states have had increases in cases in the last 14 days. 14 states have had a 20% increase or more in cases in the last two weeks. and so we have to keep going after vaccine. we need to keep reminding people that the close contacts indoors without masks put them at increased risk for delta, something we can't forget about, and so we want to be done with this pandemic as a population,