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Which is kind of remarkable. you remember all the conversation about flatten the curve. it was to avoid the sort of situation that we have now where hospitals are really overwhelmed. the closest to this was probably january of this year when omicron was really hitting and covid was really driving that at that point. we know that. now covid cases are about 6% of those hospitalizations. that's a little bit of context. rsv you mentioned can be quite severe. especially for young children. but it does seem to have peaked. numbers are coming down. they're keeping a close eye on this. what we're seei...

N-95 or kn 95. these are the types of masks that are going to be the best protection against this very transmissible viruses. it's interesting. part of the reason we have this immunity gap i was talking about is because these precautionary measures were working to not let people get as sick from things like flu even. so again, covid one thing. we can look at the map. i think you said 14% of the country right now lives in an area where there's high transmission. by the way, that does include new york city. so by their recommendation, people should be wearing masks indoors and crowded settings i...

People who are getting hospitalized with flu every day. and, that is what is driving most of the hospitals, particularly children's hospitals, to that level of being really full. two things i just want to quickly point out. part of the reason the numbers are high with flu i think and rsv earlier, was because of something that is known as hidden immunity gap. we didn't have as much exposure to flu and rsv over the last couple of years, because of all the covid precautions, but the second thing is that, the numbers i want to show you quickly on the screen. vaccination rates overall. we talk a lo...

Itself. because the government hasn't scaled up vaccinations in the same way as they have scaled up this infrastructure for containing the virus. so we have what is an immunity gap here at a time when cases are now at a record high. the challenge of course is that there is no clear exit plan from zero covid. and now it will be difficult for the communist party to try to quell this unrest. if they crackdown on protests, it will infuriate people more. but if they ease restrictions and ease it, it is that the success is not what it is claimed to be. >> thank you so much. this morning a terrifying...

Among the most vulnerable? is that the bottom line here? well, i think certainly the vaccines, especially the relatively low vaccination rate among the elderly plays a role especially when we consider the effectiveness of their vaccines and the immunity gap between china and the rest of the world that opens doors for the virus to easily infect more chinese people. in the meantime, there is zero covid, the population... created just a vulnerable population. yeah, is that zero covid _ vulnerable population. yeah, is that zero covid policy _ vulnerable population. yeah, is that zero covid policy ...