boosters, israel is talking about fourth shots and giving those out. so i think we re getting closer, joe, but it s not going to be a light switch effect, it will be more like a dimmer, like we re getting a little bit closer. let s see how, past omicron, which i hope we peak in the next several weeks, let s see what we look like in the rearview and see if we can limit the impact that this virus has had to a smaller population. that s when we know we ve kind of comfortably moved into the next phase of the pandemic. but since we re talking about history, historically, those phases take a lot longer than two years. i know that people don t want to hear that. but we do have covid with us for a long time, that we need to contend with, prepare for, and hopefully prevent with vaccines and therapeutics as well. jake, when we talk about impact, covid has really closed the inequalities in this country. we re tight on time, but help us understand who is at the most risk because of this supreme
and then once we get them, they go through about 40 hours a week of training until their proficiency is high enough for them to be an operational dog. talk to me how much of a difference deployment dogs make for marines overseas. it is phenomenal, with their explosive detection aspect save lives, walk in front of the infantry marines in some of the most hostile locations. the fight isn t just overseas. domestic terrorism, things along those lines, having the dogs at the gate, at the installation, having that asset available to the commander is absolutely phenomenal. where do you go from a dog that s out with tons of people running in a marathon and is perfectly happy and fine to the dog that we re going to see run me and chase me down? it is a light switch effect. once that harness goes on that dog, that dog knows it is time to work. he will come out, get aggressive, switch on that light
school, all that. they go through 120 days of basic training and we get them. they re very basic. once we get them they go through 40 hours a week of training until their proficiency is high enough to be an operational dog. leland: talk about how much of a deployment dogs make for marines when you re overseas. it s phenomenal. the dogs with their explosive detection aspect save lives, walk in front of the infantry marines in some of the most hostile locations. the fight isn t just overseas. the fight is here, domestic terrorism, things along those lines. having the dogs at the gate, at the installation, having that asset readily available to the installation commander is phenomenal. leland: where do you go from a dog that s out with tons of people, running in a marathon, and is perfectly happy and fine, to the dog that we re going to see run me and chase me down? it s a light switch effect. once that harness goes on that