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🗓️ 30 April 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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1:24.0 | I came here. I see the surroundings and everything the way I brought up. |
1:31.2 | But recently, starting in March, the drives that Dr. Singh takes through the Delta really |
1:36.2 | started to stress him out. Because Dr. Singh is an infectious disease doctor. As best I |
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