I think, you know, these guys believe they're like in a video game or a TV show.

The cameras will stop and then the world will just go back to what it is.

And they've found out, essentially, one small mistake.

And look at the explosion in South Carolina of measles.

Explosion. It's a highly contagious disease.

If you are in a room with somebody with measles, like eight out of ten people not vaccinated will get it. It's that serious.

Hello and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast. I'm your host Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.

I know there's a ton going on right now.

We just had no kings. The war continues. The Republicans are doing everything they can to steal the next

election, so they won't be held responsible for those things. But we still need to talk about

America's health. Because with RFK Jr. running the Department of Health and Human Services,

we really are in grave danger.

No pun intended. I understand it's difficult to take your eye off the Trump chaos to see what he's

doing to the country's health, but we have to look out for our personal health as well.

To discuss this today, we are joined by Dr. Anida Dua, a cardiovascular surgeon, associate professor

of surgery, and founder of healthcare for action. Welcome, doctor. I know you are just in surgery, so thank you so much for joining us. It's my pleasure. There's nowhere else I'd rather be. Thank you for having me. Oh, my goodness. Oh, it's such a pleasure. Honestly, I'm going to be honest with you. The doctor literally called me from the floor. She was basically an

episode of Grey's Anatomy. And she was like, I'm going to be late. We're doing a thing. And I was like, yeah, take your time. She's incredible. So we have to thank her very much for coming. Last time you were here, you said that the people in charge of the country's health were not prepared or experienced enough for the responsibilities that would take care of the American people's health.

And you thought that we would suffer because... were not prepared or experienced enough for the responsibilities that would take care of the

American people's health. And you thought that we would suffer because of it. Now we're a year

plus into the Trump second administration. Where do you think we sit right now with our nation's health?

I think we were underestimating how bad things were going to be, unfortunately. You know,

people think of health as just me going to the doctor, taking medicine, and getting better.

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