>> well, first of all, thanks for having me on, jake. it's a pleasure to come on and talk to you about these very important issues. let me begin by saying that i believe that the vaccine works. i believe it's safe. i believe it's a effective. i took my first dose in january as did my wife on tv live and i've encouraged mississippians to do the same. but i also want to point out president biden's goals for july 4th or otherwise are arbitrarily to say the least. here's the reality. the fact is, for over a year, we tried to focus our goals on reducing hospitalizations, reducing the number of individuals in icu beds because we think the most important thing is, if you get the virus, if you can get better with good quality care, that you receive that quality care. at our peak, we had 1,444 individuals in the hospital. today we have 131. we're down 90%.