Instructions: Given a passage with a question and an answer to that question, classify if the answer actually answers the question into 'yes' or 'no'. Output 'yes' if the answer answers the question and output 'no' if the answer does not answer the question.
Input: Question: Is high blood eosinophil count a risk factor for future asthma exacerbations in adult persistent asthma?
Answer: A high blood eosinophil count is a risk factor for increased future asthma exacerbations and excessive short-acting 2-agonist use after adjustment of potential confounders in adults with persistent asthma, which suggests a higher disease burden in patients with asthma and with high blood eosinophil counts.
Output:
yes