New york reinstated the mask mandate this morning. i am joined by a public health analyst. the founding director of the pandemic resource and response initiative at colombia university's climate school. i want to start by reflecting on the milestone. 800,000 dead in under two years. did you think that number would get that big that quickly? >> well, unfortunately, garrett, you know, we've not really done enough to help mitigate the climbing fatality role, and i have been predicting that we should be expecting if things go as they are continuing to go right now, we should be expecting a million...