the past two weeks. dr. anthony fauci asked the question we all want the question to, says it's still too soon to know when all of this will be over. >> it is an open question as to whether or not omicron is going to be the live virus vaccination that everyone is hoping for because you have such a great deal of variability with new variants emerging. i would hope that that's the case, but that would only be the case if we don't get another variant that eludes the immune response. >> joining us now is dr. paul offit with the children's hospital of philadelphia who is also a member of the fda's vaccine advisory committee. always good to see you, doctor. look, we've talked about this, so many people are just sick of this and i want to play some sound from espn host stephen a. smith, he was fully vaccinated and then he came down with a severe case of covid. take a listen. >> i had 103 degree fever every