francine: are you confident, klaus schwab, that you are able to do the singapore summit in person, given the rise in cases? dr. schwab: we hope. you always have to hope for the best and prepare for the worst. we hope with the vaccine, also again the program in the u.s., vaccinating 100 million people in 100 days. we see a fast, let's say, an acceleration of the vaccination in countries. i am hopeful. but i am also concerned, because as long as we do not distribute those vaccines on a fair level around the world, we may have new forms of the virus coming back, hunting us even in those countries where people or a majority of people are already vaccinated. so we have to be, i would say we have two scenarios -- a very optimistic one, that by summer, we are finally in a situation where we can at least declare partial victory about the virus. but we may be hunted by the virus for quite some time, and this means, again, how important it is to tackle this issue on a global basis. francine: thank you so much today for joining us, klaus schwab, founder and executive chairman of the world economic