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I did a show on Wednesday last week that I sure enough did have COVID.

It was very much as advertised. It's very much something that I could have known just based on the symptoms when I got an unofficial test.

I've got a lot of thoughts on it. Now that I've talked about this for so long and have actually experienced it myself,

I could tell you that everything that I've told you up to this point has been correct.

Now that I've actually had to deal with it myself, I am more certain than ever about the conclusions we've come to on this show about what to do, what not to do, what is sane policy and what is what is not.

So I'm looking forward to breaking down all of that with you here. And then also I'm delaying my trip down to the border as a result of this illness.

So it'll be a few more weeks now before I get down to the border myself. Certainly going to have updates for you on that.

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The border crisis continues to spiral out of control. The numbers are stunning. The Biden administration pretending that they have a good idea of how to handle all of this folks.

I've been looking forward to talking to you about about everything going on in the news. Border is obviously top of mind for me and we'll dive into that.

But first just a quick word to all of you about why I've been out I I've had COVID I've had COVID now for a week and it is very much what I expected.

The symptoms it was a little I was hoping that maybe I'd have a milder case than I did I got hit pretty badly was very similar to a nasty flu.

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