without a good nurse by its side. >> now, let's talk about paxlovid, dr. topol. this really does look encouraging and really does seem like there's two keys here. a testing regime that allows people to know they have covid early so that it can be taken with the onset of symptoms. and a supply and mechanisms of distribution that can meet the need. >> right. well, it's more than encouraging i'd say, chris, because in fact this is the biggest advance we've had since vaccines in the two years of the pandemic. why is this so important? because all the other things we've had, vaccines and monoclonal antibodies, they rely on our immune system. and this bypasses that. omicron is of course the challenge to our immune system and our vaccines. but we don't have to worry about that with this paxlovid. in addition, it has a marked reduction in the viral load that