this is an unforced error honestly. if everybody was vaccinated, i don't think this variant would be flowing the way it has, and unfortunately because there's so much politicization of this, people are not stepping up at levels they need to, and i think our state is the best example because our governor decided this is more of a political opportunity than a health care challenge. >> dr. patel, last question. if this is how bad things are in the summertime, how bad is it going to be in fall or winter? we're always expecting another wave, but not this early. >> yeah, you're right. it caught us all by surprise. that alone shed tell you how tenuous and fluid the situation is. look, we were expecting fall to be the time we were talking about numbers. actually not even these numbers, stephanie, this is something where the fall could go one of two ways.