we don't actually know for sure what the causal mechanism is here, why that's the case. it's possible that omicron's looking less severe because of the combination of vaccines and natural immunity in the general population at this point from previous infection. but we do have real world data. and the real world data thus far is relatively promising about the severity of illness. we're also starting to get data about omicron right here in new york, where we had one of the worst outbreaks in the entire world of course in the spring of 2020. new yorkers have a lot of traumatic memories from that. safe to say that almost everyone was touched by it. the situation in our hospitals was incredibly dire. many people lost loved ones. so as omicron began to hit the city there was a lot of fear we were in a repeat of march 2020. and again you get that straight line up. now, new york is probably about two to three weeks into this massive wave of cases brought on by omicron. you can see the practically