them back to work sooner let's bring in new york gop congresswoman, nicole malliotakis. congresswoman, great to see you this morning. it's a big day, december 27. the private mandate in new york city goes into effect. it's odd, our only healthcare workers are obviously important. are they the only essential workers? are they the only people that we need to keep this country the city up and running? what do your constituents say and what are they telling you about this private mandate? >> well, we already know that here in new york city, the vaccination rate is 89% which is above the national average and the mayor and the governor have already implemented a vaccine mandate on city and state workers, healthcare workers as well, and what we're seeing as a result of that mandate is that people are still getting covid. cases exploded last week so it's not stopping the spread but what it's doing is reducing the symptoms. the issue that has become as people are testing positive for covid,...