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Long COVID is also a component of this going forward as well. So it's like you're dealing with actual COVID, then you're dealing with complications of that go with it as well. So I think, and you can respond to this as well, is this idea of people getting tired. Just tired.

You know, also there's, you know, this constant balance between infectious diseases and chronic diseases, which we're dealing with. And I think that that also creates some angst for the public as well. It's like on one hand, I'm dealing with heart disease. And now all of a sudden you're telling me, oh, my God, we got to be careful about COVID.

You know, also there's, you know, this constant balance between infectious diseases and chronic diseases, which we're dealing with. And I think that that also creates some angst for the public as well. It's like on one hand, I'm dealing with heart disease. And now all of a sudden you're telling me, oh, my God, we got to be careful about COVID.

Yeah.

Yeah.

You know, there was a recent article, actually very recent, I think it was yesterday. What's today? Yeah, it was yesterday in the New Yorker. There's an article that came out. The veterinarians preventing the next pandemic.

You know, there was a recent article, actually very recent, I think it was yesterday. What's today? Yeah, it was yesterday in the New Yorker. There's an article that came out. The veterinarians preventing the next pandemic.

And it was really an interesting article in the sense that what it does is it really focused on animals overall and their linkage to us as humans as far as pandemics are concerned.

And it was really an interesting article in the sense that what it does is it really focused on animals overall and their linkage to us as humans as far as pandemics are concerned.

I think it's true in medicine, too.

I think it's true in medicine, too.

Yeah. You know, you mentioned before, Mike, the idea of diseases with wings, per se, which brings up an idea in my mind. It's like, OK, many of the epidemics that we saw historically, you know, to a certain extent, they were self-contained within major regions of a continent. Now, you know, we're dealing with airplane travel. We're dealing with technology.

Yeah. You know, you mentioned before, Mike, the idea of diseases with wings, per se, which brings up an idea in my mind. It's like, OK, many of the epidemics that we saw historically, you know, to a certain extent, they were self-contained within major regions of a continent. Now, you know, we're dealing with airplane travel. We're dealing with technology.

And so I wonder if you might be able to talk about that a little bit. It's like, OK, all of a sudden you've got, you know, COVID in China and the next thing you know, it's on a cruise ship. The next thing you know, it's on, you know, in the United States.

And so I wonder if you might be able to talk about that a little bit. It's like, OK, all of a sudden you've got, you know, COVID in China and the next thing you know, it's on a cruise ship. The next thing you know, it's on, you know, in the United States.

Yeah. Clarence and I work together on getting people in Barbershops, teaching them how to take their blood pressure.

Yeah. Clarence and I work together on getting people in Barbershops, teaching them how to take their blood pressure.

Same concept, you know, same idea. So, you know, to your point though, Mike, it's the idea of how do you effectively communicate? Well, number one is within your community and with people who you really trust. Right. Who you can have the conversation with and know that you can get good information that way. So let's talk, you know, obviously what's hit the scene today

Same concept, you know, same idea. So, you know, to your point though, Mike, it's the idea of how do you effectively communicate? Well, number one is within your community and with people who you really trust. Right. Who you can have the conversation with and know that you can get good information that way. So let's talk, you know, obviously what's hit the scene today

Actually, it's been around, but all of a sudden it's hit the scene just yesterday was Mpox. You and I and, you know, some of us with a little bit of gray hair or no hair called it monkeypox. But there are some reasons not calling it that. All right. So what just so, you know, for our listening audience going forward now with something else that's hitting the scene, what do we need to know?