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And Dr. Kavita Patel.

But I bet you didn't know that.

Most clinicians do not know that.

And that's a problem.

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Well, welcome listeners to this very eventful week.

We've had a lot going on in terms of not just January 6th, updates on reproductive justice

and a number of other issues, but something that has been a frequent topic between not

just Norm, myself and others, but has also prevailed across the world, COVID, and now

monkeypox.

So we're going to take on a double set of viruses today and talk about kind of our country

and where we are in terms of COVID-19.

And then also touch on monkeypox and hopefully do this in a way where we both learned something,

you learned something.

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