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Signals it might be. the reason it is hard to figure this out, delta happened at a different point in time, where more of the world's population was not vaccinated yet, more of the world's population didn't have immunity. it is hard to figure out what today omicron would do to a person without any prior infection and isn't vaccinated. that's why the severity question is hard. you've seen what the uk is seeing, shorter hospitalization times. that's something we saw as well. is that because the pop haitian -- population is highly vaccinated. even as we hear good news with merck, the supply is so...

Many people had been relying on anecdotal evidence that it is milder. but what are the larger implications here? what do you think of the study? what should people know? >> it's a good study but it's preliminary, don. there's -- there are other studies from south africa that are a little bit more hopeful. you know, a week or two ago, we didn't know any of the three variables. is it more infectious? does it evade the immune system is is it more severe? i think we know it is more infectious now. and as i think the severity question is up in the air and that is a big deal because the cases are cl...