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personal development, and all the small decisions we can make to become the best possible versions

of ourselves.

I'm your host, Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, a licensed psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia.

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for a relationship with a licensed mental health professional.

Hey y'all, thanks so much for joining me for session 187 of the Therapy for Black Girls Podcast.

You've likely been following the news related to the recently developed COVID-19 vaccines,

and if you're like me, you've got lots of questions.

Last week, I had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Bohuma, Kabison Tatongi, who's an

infectious disease physician and clinical researcher, pursuing a fellowship at Emory University

School of Medicine here in Atlanta, Georgia.

Our conversation was made possible through our partnership with MediQ through an educational

grant from the Colveris Community Health Care Foundation.

Dr. Tatongi shared how this vaccine is different than others we may have taken, how the vaccine

was able to be developed so quickly, and what we might expect after taking the vaccination.

I definitely learned a lot and hope that it will be enlightening for you as well.

Here's our conversation.

Well, thank you all so much for joining us today.

I hope that as many people as possible, we'll be able to join us for this conversation.

If there's somebody in your family, in your circles who you know, could benefit from

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