Certainly here in the Northeast, this Omicron variant of COVID, got people spooked. There's no doubt about it. And here on Long Island, where I am,

we're at a high rate of transmission of COVID now. It's not as intense as the original COVID.

So fewer people go to hospital, fewer people are dying. And if you are vaccinated, it protects you, you know, more.

There are crossover cases.

We all know that.

But today, President Biden, seeking to reassure the nation, basically said it's all about the vaccination.

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And thanks to the progress on vaccinations this fall, we've gone from nearly 90 million adults in July who had not even

started their vaccination process to fewer than 40 million today. Still too many, but down from 90

to 40.

All these people who have not been vaccinated, you have an obligation to yourselves, to your family.

And quite frankly, I know I'll get criticized for this to your country.

So I agree with President Biden on that. I think it's a patriotic act to get vaccinated even if you're,

you know, scared as a lot of people are. And you don't trust the government, obviously,

many people don't. But the medical stats, and again, a lot of people don't believe them, don't trust them, but they say,

and this is coming from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, if you're vaccinated,

you are less likely to spread all forms of COVID. So, for me, I'm just talking personally now,

I say, okay, I'm going to get vaccinated,

to protect myself, my family,

and to do what I think is best for the country.

Simple equation. Now Now we'll deal with

the unvaccinated and that mentality coming up. We got Donald Trump on the vaccine. We got a really,

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