dropped some 24% over the past two weeks, experts do warn it s too early to know if the trend will last, so joining me now to discuss the significance of this dr. jason boling, an society professor and infectious disease specialist at the university of texas health science center at san antonio. dr. boling, good to have you on this morning. thank you. thank you for having me. first, as you look at this data here, the cdc saying cases are trending downward, does it indicate to you that the worst is over here? well, i think it s obviously good news that cases are going down, it shows that people are aware now, have better awareness of monkeypox infections. there s modifications of behaviors and we re starting to see maybe some benefits of vaccine distribution. it s a little early for vaccine, but i think we re seeing some benefits there. there had, as you know, been criticism in the early stages of the administration s response here, the white house did update its outbreak respon