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>> such a shame. it keeps you out of the hospital. >> reporter: i know. it don't make no sense, but i just report the numbers. i am boosted and am wearing my mask indoors. folks, you can save lives. >> listen to harry. thanks very much. my next guest has been part of the team working on projections for the omicron variant. the director of the ut, austin, covid consortium joins me now to discuss. good to have you on. there's so much guessing going on. the scientists, the policymakers, and the people at home making their own guesses as to where this will go. you've crunched the numbers and come ...

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Infrastructure bill ar $3 trillion, and this around $2 trillion. nobody has done anything that remarkable. while it isn't everything put out originally, it takes us down a path where we can continue investments in these. now, this piece, the care piece, with the climate health, the care piece is the -- is all three of them make it terrorism atiff, americtransformative. >> one of questions is paid family leave, and the expansion in medicare to enjoy -- to include, rather, dental, vision and hearing coverage. is that going to be in the bill? >> well, that's part of the negotiation. dental is ver...

Look -- >> might as well take another crack at -- >> we had the rescue plan, $1.9 trillion and the infrastructure bill at $3 trillion and this is around $2 trillion. nobody has done anything that remarkable. while it isn't everything put out originally, it takes us down a path where we can continue investments in these. now, this piece, the care piece, with the climate, health, the care piece is the -- is all three of them make them transformative. even at half it's a very big bill. >> let me ask you. one of questions is paid family leave, and the expansion in medicare to enjoy -- to include, ...