good. you know, it has to be a process of healing in this country, and that will help a lot. would it have made a difference if trump and biden had played nice with one another all along? one can only wonder. vaccine politics have held this country back from beating covid back, but should we be a lot more hopeful tonight with this new data on omicron severity and this new covid pill coming to pharmacies nationwide? joining me now is dr. peter hotez, an infectious disease expert at baylor college of medicine. great to see you, doctor. here's the concern that i have. what now stops the unvaccinated from saying i'm not going to get vaccinated, after all, there's now a pill on the horizon? >> well, that would be a pretty treacherous strategy to embark upon. here's why, michael. first of all, the drug's not going to be ready possibly in time for this omicron wave. production is only really starting now. we're not going to really get up to speed for another few months,