>> people understand we can't do this forever. we know this will become an endemic disease. most people are learning to live with it. these constant alarms, the lockdowns and the warnings from the white house which seem to be missing reality are grated on people. the biden administration has push back to all of this even things that are important public health measures. >> bret: you can't get away from the number. 800,000 dead. it's overwhelming and scary. >> i think the most important fact we will learn in the next month is the ratio between infections and severe or fatal cases of the new omicron variant. if it's a favorable ratio, then i think everything hugh and kim have warned about is going to come to pass. people will resist lockdowns. let's hope it's favorable and we