i think that particularly given the clinical profile so far of omicron, there's not justifiable to let fear overwhelm you. you can't let any type of hysteria undercut the normal functioning of society. >> those are the comforting words of the florida governor who until new year's eve had been missing from public view since december 17th with the exception of a december 19th fox news interview. while florida was facing its biggest surge in covid cases yet, with average daily infections exploding by more than 2,000% since december 6th, bringing with it an astronomical increase in demand for testing. responding to his absence today, desantis made a snide remark about president biden spending some time recently at the beach in delaware and his press secretary noted december 30 and 31st were holidays for state employees and desantis would be spending time with his wife who is fighting breast cancer. i commend the governor for that. and i pray for the florida first