i certainly feel for our staff. you know, all of us have families and this is the holiday season. last year, we were in a similar situation but we sure had a lot of hope that we were going to get to a better place. um, i just don't think any of us saw this coming. for us right now, most of the patients in the hospital still have the delta variant but as you mentioned in your intro, omicron is coming on fast and strong and we are all sort of waiting to see what happens next. and i think that -- that unknown and that fear is contributing to the exhaustion we are all feeling. >> well dr. watts, i hope you get the help you need. i am glad the national guard is there. i hope you get the tests you need. seven days on a pcr test, it's not worth taking it. seven days, doesn't tell you anything at that point. but look, thank you for being with us. we appreciate the work you are doing. um, and please let us know how we can help. >> well, thank you for drawing attention to us. that's the first start. so one more thing about that first death to the omicron variant we reported at the top of the show.