Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast.

I'm Bayliffe Jesse Thorn, we're in chambers this week to clear the docket.

And with me, as always, is a man with justice in his veins, Judge John Hodgman.

It's not just justice in my veins, Jesse.

It's blood.

And I know that because months ago, before we had vaccines, and I was doing due diligence

and getting periodically checked for COVID, negative every time I'm glad to say very lucky.

One point they said, do you want to get the antibody test?

The blood test to see if you had developed the antibodies for COVID, because it might indicate

that you may have had it, or it might indicate nothing.

We really don't know, actually.

And I'm like, if it's a needle, stick it in me.

I'm in a doctor's office.

This is what I do.

And so I said, sure.

And they drew my blood.

They said, OK, I mean, took the COVID test.

And we will call you if there's a problem.

If you don't have COVID, you'll get an email.

If you have COVID, we'll call you.

So sure enough, a couple days later, I've missed this call from the lab.

And they're like, you have to call us back right away.

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