surging of hospitalizations that might stress the health care system. so it's kind of like a very interesting somewhat complicated issue, where you have a virus that might actually be less severe in its pathogenicity but but so many people are getting infected that the net amount, the total amount of people that might require hospitalization might be up, so we can't be complacent in these reports which are likely accurate that it is ultimately in the big picture less severe, we're still going to get a lot of hospitalizations. >> right. okay, so what you describe is hospitals that we're already seeing overwhelmed facing staff shortages in particular. airlines canceling thousands of flights. the faa is warning travelers to expect even more. in new york subway services are reduced because of the surge there, so should americans be preparing for major societal