what makes you say that as many folks say they're still gathering evidence and information? >> good afternoon, paula. thank you for voog me. i think, first of all, a shout-out to the whole covid community around the world that's been able to sequential this variant and provide amazing information to the world so quickly. it's an amazing feat. what they show is this is a virus now with at least 50 mutations, many of them spanning previous areas of concern. at least 30 mutations in the protein alone we know lead to immune evasion and escape and also increase replication. this, paula, is what makes it so concerning to us. >> what we hear again and again from health experts over the past 48 hours is we don't know too much about this variant but people should get a vaccine or a booster if they've already had their first two shots. here you're saying it's