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I think it's probably premature, but, you know, it's a tough call. >> joining us now, shaquille brewster, following covid safety and protocols at the super bowl. and the founder and ceo of kinsa, a company that tries to stop the spread of disease by using data. there is so much confusion about wearing masks. what can you tell us? >> we're seeing overall levels of covid are dropping rapidly but we're not out of the woods yet. they're at the same levels as last year in january of 2021. there's concern there will be potential surges in cold and flu activity around covid versus flu. but we're seei...

Gotten boosted and a significant number of hospitalizations and deaths, and about 2500 people died yesterday, so hospital capacity is still quite low. and so i think all of those metrics are very important to deciding whether or not we should pull back mask mandates or not. and i think now is not the time. >> certainly, the omicron levels have dropped, but they have dropped from such a high place, that you know, as you point out, case rates are still pretty high. higher than they were early last fall, to be sure. and so doctor, let me ask you this. i assume that you would recommend that if the...