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I'm Dr. Vinay Prasad. I'm an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco.

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I'm back in Plenary Session, joined via Zoom by Samantha Godwin. Samantha Godwin is is resident fellow at the Yale Law School. She's a philosopher. She's a lawyer. And we're going to be talking about SARS-CoV-2 policy. Samantha Godwin, it's a pleasure to speak with you. Thanks. It's a pleasure to speak to you, Fingényay. Thanks. I've been following your stuff with interest and I really appreciate your point of view and we had a conversation before.

So I wonder if before we start, maybe it would be helpful for the listeners and maybe for me to go over your background.

I was asking a little bit before this podcast. You are somebody who has a

background that includes philosophy and law. You did your undergraduate degree at University

College London. You went on to do your JD from Georgetown University, and then you've

spent time at the Yale Law School. I wonder if you might tell us a little bit about your background.

Is your interest philosophy, law, both?

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