One, two, three.

Skinny face, yeah.

Hey everybody, it's Dr. Z. Welcome to the show.

It's Labor Day, September 7, 2020, the year of the apocalypse, on many levels.

It is so hot in California where I am right now in the Bay Area.

It's like 100 plus degrees, which it doesn't do up here.

It's on fire and I'm wearing a long sleeve shirt, but just so you know, no pants.

All right.

Today's show, quick thing.

We're going to talk about COVID deaths versus cases, what's changed during the pandemic.

We're going to talk about influenza, what happened in the Southern hemisphere, what we can

expect in the United States and what's up with the flu shot among other things live right

now.

So let's do this.

But first, just a little quick housekeeping.

The top, if you're watching live on Facebook right now, you can send stars in the comments.

Stars are a way to support creators and video makers on Facebook.

What we do with that money is we support our show, our movement and our idea of the

alt middle.

In other words, politics that spans all politics, meaning no politics, in the sense that

we talk about science, we do it rationally and reasonably.

The number one star's donor for the show and I check after the show and then I'll put

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