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Mccaskill joins us. dr. gupta, i start with you. what do we know about omicron? should we be talking about it, leading newscasts with this story? good afternoon, nicolle, that s a great question. this is what we know. lets a start with what we know. we know that south africa is largely unvaccinated. 75% of the country that s eligible to receive the vaccine has up to now said no thank you. what we also know is that pfizer was asked by south african officials to put a stay on additional supply. they, like us r dealing with a distribution problem, a hesitancy problem. we have to get this clear for everybody to get context. what do we also know? it s early recall we are not seeing a run on the hospitals. it suggests that vaccines are holding up, keeping people out of hospital. we need to learn more of course but that is a good initial sign ....