>> aye. >> and commissioner zvanski. >> aye. >> next item. presenter. >> good afternoon, commissioners thank you for being here today and our director's report is fairly straightforward this month. we're talking again where we are in covid which is, i don't know, we're all wait to go see what is next. exercising due caution as the omicron variant is still around. so that's really good newsing that everybody is well. the other emerging news out of the public health is out of the monkeypox outbreak that is occurring and the back of vaccine availability and i think everybody is struggling with the situation that we find ourselves in and again, exercising caution is the best medicine at this point to decrease the risk of exposure. so, living with infectious disease is what they predicted and we are here. that's not to say that influenza is just around the corner and the open enrollment team is working diligently with our partners to work the up take of the influenza in the fall. the rates and benefits as you know, were approved by this board and