understanding of the importance of it. i don't believe that the mandate is the right way to go at this time, particularly the federal mandate that should be struck down, because that's going to give us a greater worker shortage. it's going to increase the resistance for taking the vaccine, which is what we want to be able to do. over time -- and i think the cdc this last week did a good job of harmonizing and reducing the burden of the isolation period. i think that makes it easier for us to live with this in a safer fashion over time. as the therapeutics continue to increase, i hope we can normalize this terrible omicron so that whatever the next variant might be, so that we can handle it, we can live with it in the safest fashion, but keep our schools open, our businesses open, and live life, because this is still going to be with us for a while. >> arkansas was one of many states suing the biden administration over the federal