being here. editor and chief and director of the center for child health, behavior and development at seattle children's hospital. doctor, thank you for being here. i got so many questions on behalf of parents because look, parents and children are worried as omicron is sweeping across the entire country from the data you're seeing, what can you tell us about how this variant affects kids especially those who are still unvaccinated? >> yeah, thanks for having me, you know, it's still early days and frankly, people who know me would say that i'm not a glass half full kind of guy but here is why i'm trying to be that now. the situation is serious but it's not dire. we know what we need to do and we do it. from the data we have available it seems omicron doesn't cause serious illness in children and the good news is children over 5 can get vaccinated and vaccination does proffer a significant amount of protection. you're right that we have to