better position. the schools often times are reflective of the broader community spread. and as we've talked about, jake, sometimes schools can have less spread than the surrounding community. they got a lot of virus spreading around right now. overall, jake, about 5.3 million kids have been infected throughout this pandemic. but 500,000 of them happened just within the last couple of weeks. so that's the real concern here. quick word on vaccinations, jake. this is becoming increasingly clear that if you live in an area, if your kids live in an area where there is high vaccination versus low vaccination, they are 3.7 times more likely to be hospitalized if you are living in an area with low vaccination. so that is the herd immunity part of this. more people vaccinated, more protection you can offer those that are not. >> and, as we know, one of the