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Reports lately. were going to pull back on our bond buying program, hike rates, thats always going to believe a risky maneuver. thats coming in the first quarter. >> i want to talk to you about that in terms of whether youre a central banker and talking monetary policy or a politician talking about fiscal policy, do they still have the tools to deal with this, if this new variant ends up giving us much more adversity than anyonei thi fed to raise rates because of this very thing. you dont want t...

Treat republicans and democrats equalitily. it is -- equally. it is sound policy. we dont know a lot of about omicron. we know it can transfer over person to person whether vaccinated or not worse than delta variability. i would like to see more data. i think it would be important to making policy decisions related to travel. it is the right decision right now. the policy is the same, they should be treated equally and thats the problem with politics in this country today, theyre not. jason: wel...

Treat republicans and democrats equalitily. it is -- equally. it is sound policy. we dont know a lot of about omicron. we know it can transfer over person to person whether vaccinated or not worse than delta variability. i would like to see more data. i think it would be important to making policy decisions related to travel. it is the right decision right now. the policy is the same, they should be treated equally and thats the problem with politics in this country today, theyre not. jason: wel...

See lockdowns. i think we have enough of the percentage of people in the country, not enough to crush the outbreak, but i believe enough to not allow us to get into the situation we were in last winter. but things are going to get worse. alicia: so no shutdowns in all likelihood but what does worse look like to you? >> first of all, youre ray -- hurray for him saying no shutdowns. we have the 165 million people fully vaccinated. out of 165 million, only 165,000 hospitalizations. no way were goin...

Pockets of unvaccinated people in this country? >> very concerned. what we have here in the united states is two sprait types of pandemics. one, where the vaccinated population, which are largely protected with getting a full does of the covid-19 vaccine. and then you have a separate unvaccinated population that is at risk for infection. so theyre essentially playing russian roulette. so either they will get infected with covid-19 naturally and suffer hospitalization and death and long covid. an...

Variability. this is a regional map where the delta variant is everywhere. the numbers keep going up. you mentioned missouri is out here. 81% of the new cases, delta varjt. down in the southern region, 60%. 35% here. its everywhere when you look at the new cases. the question has been, the white house has this new strategy, go door to door, sending in delta surge teams where the vaccination rate is well behind. how do you break through? >> well, we need people who the unvaccinated trust to hones...