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Welcome back, Lingopold for Alumsovers.

My name is Rafael Medina, and I'm a last year medical

students from Brazil and a CPSSOVIR team member. We have a different kind of episode in

star for you today. A medicine doesn't happen in vacuum and we feel like it's important to

take a moment to reflect on what's going on in the world and in the world of medicine around

us.

Specifically, we wanted to set aside to think and talk a little bit more about vaccines and vaccine uptake and hear from some experts on the matter about what their experiences have been.

I'm here with my co-host and friend Simone. Simone, please introduce yourself.

Hey, everyone. My name is Simone. I'm a second

year resident in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at UCSF in San Francisco General.

Usually, I'm a proud member of the Space Learning Series team, but today I'm so excited to join

Rafa in this opportunity to interview our amazing guests about their experiences with vaccinations

and about their experiences

in their respective care settings over this past year. So why don't you go ahead first Dr.

Davis and please introduce yourself. Absolutely. My name is Dr. Mati, Chachwayo Davis, and I am the

Director of Health for the City of St. Louis. A little bit about me by way of background.

I was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. And I came to the U.S. for my undergraduate and medical training,

always with a passion for infectious diseases and specifically HIV based on the devastating impact it had on my country.

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