Gary Brecka

So the federal government can't legislate this in and pass something at a federal level that says, hey, we need these bell-to-bell policies.

That's really left up to the states.

That's great.

You know, we also talked about gut health at lunch today.

And I was so inspired to hear you talking about that.

I'm like, wow, the Office of the Surgeon General is really thinking about gut health.

We're in a new era.

This is...

really good because, you know, clearly in my work and my community, I mean, we know the detriments of having gut dysbiosis and all of the downstream consequences from behavioral disorders to what we call mood and mental illnesses to tension deficit and all kinds of consequences just from having a really disrupted gut microbiome or really poor gut function, gut dysbiosis.

So are there initiatives surrounding gut health that you're working on?

We make neurotransmitters there.

We absorb all of our nutrients.

I would totally agree with you.

Are there initiatives or guidance coming out of the Surgeon General's office around this?

Are you working on it?

So in a perfect world, you know, sort of pulling all of your experience as a mother, 25 years as a physician, especially in family medicine, what would be, when you exit this role, what would be like the utopia of success for you if what was accomplished?

Wow.

I was unaware of that.

Wow.

I didn't realize it was a single gene therapeutic intervention.