admissions. even pediatric-icu admissions. and the scary part for me, anderson, is all of this is happening before schools open. schools are just opening now and i worry that is going to be an accelerant. and the problem is a lot of the executive leaders of the red -- of these red states, these southern states, have now put in place policies to protect the kids. they have not mandated masks. they have not mandated vaccines. when you have got the highest levels of transmission in the world, i don't see how it's gonna go well, unless we maximize all the tools that we have. >> yeah. i mean, that graph we just showed is really alarming. dr. peter hotez, sanjay, thank you. appreciate it. more in a moment on the covid threat in florida starting with new case numbers, plus four deaths associated with the one school district now in a battle with the governor, ron desantis, over its mask mandate. a live report, plus a member of the school board, when we continue. eed something different. oh, we can help with that. okay, imagine this... your mover, rob, he's on the scene and needs a plan with a mobile hotspot. we cut to downtown,