vaccinated early in the pandemic and who had not had a booster. most of our patients are in medical surgical units, but we have seen an increasing number of hospitalizations in the intensive care, as well. we are seeing health care workers and personnel come in sick, as well. and as you all know, omicron is extremely contagious. it's the most contagious variant that we have seen so far. the attack rate is over 80%. which means that in a household, before one or two people will get sick, now 80% of the household is getting sick when exposed. it's exponential, the number of people that are being infected. >> so doctor, there is this belief that omicron is less lethal. it's certainly much more -- it's easier to get it, but is it, indeed, less lethal? >> what we are seeing is that we are in a different phase of the pandemic. because when we had the previous extraneous, we didn't have people fully vaccinated or with boosters. now, we're seeing less lethality