A third of counties in the United States now meet the CDC threshold for recommending

masking in indoor settings, meanwhile the FDA has approved a booster for children aged

5 to 11.

More than 2 million cases of suspected COVID have been reported in North Korea.

That's as draconian lockdowns continue to rule cities in China.

A case of monkeypox has been identified in Massachusetts.

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I'm your host dr. Abdul Lese.

Last year two of my favorite people did me the honor of asking me to officiate their

way.

Both had worked on my campaign for governor in michigan from the earliest days back when

we didn't even have a campaign headquarters and were working out of a small coffee shop

in Detroit.

The groom is a golden retriever of a human being.

Always happy and hopeful.

He became the mascot of our campaign, lifting spirits even in the most difficult moments.

That's why his vows nearly broke everyone in attendance.

See, he talked about his partner in contrast to the existential sadness of climate change.

That she was the single being that gave him hope amidst all his fears.

What was so poignant about it was that he was expressing too mutually exclusive visions

of a future, a beautiful future where he and the woman he loved would build a family.

Not against a future where the climate crisis with its storms and wildfires and conflict

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