This is Dr. Laura. The call of the day is coming right up after this message from my sponsor.

I wanted to know why some people who get COVID-19 get it so bad.

I found out it may be because they have a high risk factor, such as heart disease, diabetes,

being overweight, smoking, and asthma. Even if symptoms feel mild, these factors can increase your

risk of COVID-19 turning severe. So if you're at high risk and test positive,

there are things you can do, like asking your health care provider if an authorized

oral treatment is right for you. Learn about an option at treatcovid19.com. This message is

sponsored by Pfizer.

I was driving to my father's funeral and I had zero emotion and you asked me a powerful question.

You said, but did you love him? In that one moment, I got complete clarity on that relationship

and I never forgot it and it shifted things for me. But the real reason I'm calling today was

last week the same thing happened and I wanted to say thank you. I have been married to a wonderful

woman for 40 years but there's been one issue that has just made me incredibly, incredibly angry

over the years and I have done everything I could to see therapists and work it through and try to

deal with it and everything. And last week, you asked somebody a question or pointed out the need to

be compassionate with people and to be kind. And in that one moment when I thought about the kindness

and the compassionate, my wife has had for me over the years as I've worked through my things,

it shifted and all of a sudden I could extend to her compassion and kindness over a challenge

that she has as she tries to work through her life. I'm going to take a quick time out and then

back with the conclusion of this call. I wanted to know why some people who get COVID-19 get it so

bad. I found out it may be because they have a high risk factor such as heart disease, diabetes,

being overweight, smoking, and asthma. Even if symptoms feel mild, these factors can increase your

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