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gregory poland most of -- dr. gregory poland. study showed 70% protected against hospitalizations with a two shot dose of the pfizer back the middle and 33 -- but only 33% against the very end. what are the assessment of those numbers? >> i think those are preliminary numbers but there likely to be correct numbers. in other words, the vaccine -- this is been true all the way through the pandemic -- the vaccine is much better at blocking significant, severe disease, hospitalization, and death and improved -- than in preventing moderate infection. guy: in terms of the big picture, are you worried right now? >> i am. this is news no one wants to hear. my own prediction -- and i'll use a kind of loaded word -- i think we're going to have an explosion of cases. the reason for that is the extreme transmissibility and infectiousness of this variant will lead to an exponential rise in cases. and the problem with xfinity allie is humans are very poor decision-makers under conditions of exponentiality. by this week or next week, omicron wi