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He's here. He's here. Now broadcasting from the underground command post. Deep in the bowels of a hidden bunker, somewhere under the brick and steel of a non-distrib building, we've once again made contact with our leader Mark. Love them.

Welcome. It is the Mark Lovenshow, Ben Ferguson, filling in today for the great one. It is an honored always be sitting here doing this for Mark Lovens. And where do we even start?

You want to start with even Democrats knowing that Americans are getting screwed. We can start with that today.

The Democrat Tulsi Gabbard has said the $600 in COVID relief is quote an insult in the slap in the face to struggling Americans. She's right.

Or we can start with another slap in the face to all Americans. And now the pounding that is happening by Dr. Berks, who says now she will retire after overwhelming holiday travel scandal that's just been too much on her. That's right.

The doctor that's going to save all of us Dr. Deborah Berks has announced she plans to retire after being outed for not following her own holiday travel guidance, calling the experience overwhelming.

In an interview with Newsy, the White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator said she would help the incoming Biden administration but then plans ahead for the exits. I want the Biden administration to be successful, Berks said noting that she has worked in the federal government since the Reagan administration 1980.

I will be helpful in any role that people think I can be helpful in and then I will retire. I will have to say as a civil servant, I will be helpful through a time period. And then I will have to say this experience has been a bit overwhelming.

It has been very difficult on my family. I think that was done over the last week to my family. What was done to my family over the last week.

And you're now supposed to feel sorry for the 64 year old infectious disease expert who is outed for not following her own travel guidance when she joined the task force telling you what you should do.

Okay. Let's just deal with that one quickly because it's not going to take long.

And I want to step back and I just want you to understand where we are in this country right now before Christmas. I'm going to take you back to Europe for a moment back in October in Europe. They said we're going to have lockdowns in Europe so that you can see your family for Christmas so that you can gather with your family for Christmas.

What they did the lockdowns guess what it didn't work and now guess what they're locked down for Christmas. How that workout for you guys.

We also know that the super spreader in this country is family and friends. We know that we the data is overwhelming with contact tracing.

That the super spreader of COVID-19 if there is a super spreader it is this human nature that we have which is to take our mass off when we around people that we trust that we know that we are friends with that we're family members with there is there is some some part of us that makes us feel like we are safer when we are in the presence of our family members.

It doesn't work now I want you to understand my perspective on COVID I almost lost family member to COVID.

I spent far too long in a hospital pneumonia and it was awful. I can tell you that COVID is very real having now multiple family members that have gotten COVID and having family members that have gotten way too close to death.

This thing is not a joke but the idea that we need to shut down the country and I'm saying this to someone that almost lost a family member is also insane and unrealistic.

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