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What's very different about omicron is, yes, it may not be making people as ill but it is causing massive worker shortages and that's having, you know, effectively shutting down large parts of the economy and that's going to affect everyone. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. that is a big concern right now. you know, you're not going to have enough bus drivers. you're not going to have garbage collectors. you're not going to have doctors and nurses. a lot of the european governments have had these long quarantines where if you've been in contact with someone who's covid positive, you have ...

Hours apart at least, i think that's the way we should think rather than saying these tests are not going to work or shouldn't be used as a return-to-work or school strategy. >> you're right, there is a lot of nuance there, and i think kind of approaching it the way you're describing, which is -- remember, this is if you're actively keeping them in mind and how you use them is important and helpful to know. we also know that hospitalizations are not accelerating at the same pace at these new cases, and we are seeing hospitalizations increase rapidly for children, 50% in the last week. why do y...

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Negative, we see organizations move to this, i would feel good in this environment. i think size of the gathering matters, if you go to a family event. i'll be with my family, extended family and feeling good. i'm not worried about that as a high risk event. i think the reality with omicron is so infectious, i think the reality is many of us are going to be exposed to this virus in short order and the virus is going to find us in a naive immune system or one primed with the vaccine and booster. i think it's very clear at this point which way you want that virus to find you but we should do our...