Year ago i was sort of through this. so it s pretty divided in terms of how people think about this. as you mentioned, the w.h.o. already ended their public health emergency of international concern. the cdc director in this country is stepping down june 30th. and thursday the united states is going to end the emergency as well. the way that it s worked is that there has been emergencies that lasted 90 days and they have been sort of renewed 13 times. so that last renewal ended may 11. at that point it s expected not to be renewed again. that s where we are. i will tell you, as you mentioned, poppy, you know, i sort of thought metaphorically of the country as my patient. i felt like it was the best way to think about this. i really meant it. if you look at how the patient is doing now and sort of look at the patient chart, if you will, the last three years and a few months, i can show you sort of where cases are now. in the beginning, when the pandemic was declared, it was