support a decision like that, and we are looking at that now. and i think that s a good thing. it s been almost four weeks since the president announced a travel ban from south african countries. yet today omicron is all over the country in all 50 states. what does that say about that approach to the virus travel bans? yeah, i ve not been a fan of the travel ban concept just because, you know, by the time we know about it somewhere in the world, it s already far greater places in the world. and, you know, i think that perhaps maybe early on it could have bought a little bit of time on the order of days. and so i think it s time for the most part for those travel bans to be lifted. it s not going to be beneficial when you have such a infectious disease out there spreading. and, doctor, before we go, i am told that you also had a seasonal reminder about the flu for us. what should we know? yeah, definitely. in new york state we have already far surpassed. we ve actually seen twic