Stan

You know, I'll tell you, as you can imagine, on Health Chatter, we've talked about a variety of different conditions. And it's really, really saddening to me that, frankly, for a majority of these situations, the very groups that you mentioned are at higher risk for, unfortunately, it just seems just about everything. And it seems to me from a health perspective,

from a public health standpoint, from a medical standpoint, that is really where we have to start honing in on trying to help these people, as was yet another situation where, again, I wouldn't have guessed Puerto Rican, but On the other hand, you know, we're still seeing, you know, American Indian, African American.

from a public health standpoint, from a medical standpoint, that is really where we have to start honing in on trying to help these people, as was yet another situation where, again, I wouldn't have guessed Puerto Rican, but On the other hand, you know, we're still seeing, you know, American Indian, African American.

It's just like, come on, we've got to start getting our hands around all these different chronic oriented diseases for these populations if we really want to try to make a difference. All right. So I know we have you have one of your illustrious colleagues here, Kelly.

It's just like, come on, we've got to start getting our hands around all these different chronic oriented diseases for these populations if we really want to try to make a difference. All right. So I know we have you have one of your illustrious colleagues here, Kelly.

Albright perhaps who's who's who's on the on the horn here as well but I I want to talk about the state plan there's a state plan in the in the state of Minnesota frankly you know as you can imagine at the Department of Health they have plans for everything but you know you know but at any rate better to have something on paper and framed a little bit okay so and I know that

Albright perhaps who's who's who's on the on the horn here as well but I I want to talk about the state plan there's a state plan in the in the state of Minnesota frankly you know as you can imagine at the Department of Health they have plans for everything but you know you know but at any rate better to have something on paper and framed a little bit okay so and I know that

Gail, that you've been involved and been a very, very good voice in the development of that. So might you just talk a minute about your perspectives on a plan, like, you know, that's in existence, that's number one, and then maybe how it relates to things like prevention, acute treatment, which you've definitely talked about, and then disease management.

Gail, that you've been involved and been a very, very good voice in the development of that. So might you just talk a minute about your perspectives on a plan, like, you know, that's in existence, that's number one, and then maybe how it relates to things like prevention, acute treatment, which you've definitely talked about, and then disease management.

And then maybe what we can do to better inform people about this so that we're on top of things better. So go ahead.

And then maybe what we can do to better inform people about this so that we're on top of things better. So go ahead.

Absolutely, absolutely. So let's talk about a perspective from a parent. Okay, just, you know, because you obviously you're dealing with kids, but obviously, you're their parents. Okay. All right. I can only imagine that a parent would say, you know what, I'm not going to worry about asthma. Unless I have to. Right. Okay. It's like, okay, my kids

Absolutely, absolutely. So let's talk about a perspective from a parent. Okay, just, you know, because you obviously you're dealing with kids, but obviously, you're their parents. Okay. All right. I can only imagine that a parent would say, you know what, I'm not going to worry about asthma. Unless I have to. Right. Okay. It's like, okay, my kids

All of a sudden, I notice my kid's having a hard time breathing, et cetera, et cetera. At that point, I'll bring them in and see what the heck's going on. On the other hand, wouldn't it be great if we were all at least semi-knowledgeable about all these different various conditions that affect us as human beings, including asthma, ahead of time?

All of a sudden, I notice my kid's having a hard time breathing, et cetera, et cetera. At that point, I'll bring them in and see what the heck's going on. On the other hand, wouldn't it be great if we were all at least semi-knowledgeable about all these different various conditions that affect us as human beings, including asthma, ahead of time?

so that we can go in and talk to these providers with some basic knowledge in our heads about this. Like for instance, you had mentioned genetics. Okay, it doesn't surprise me my kid's having a little hard time breathing or whatever, because guess what? I remember when I was a kid, I had a hard time breathing too, and I had asthma, that type of thing, okay?

so that we can go in and talk to these providers with some basic knowledge in our heads about this. Like for instance, you had mentioned genetics. Okay, it doesn't surprise me my kid's having a little hard time breathing or whatever, because guess what? I remember when I was a kid, I had a hard time breathing too, and I had asthma, that type of thing, okay?

I really appreciate your point about how it is that public health can help to communicate these concepts out to the public so that when you go in for care, you're not, even as a parent, you're not totally blitzed out. Okay. All right. So here's, we've alluded to this. All right. So we're going to get to it now. air quality. So I'll give a quick intro to this.

I really appreciate your point about how it is that public health can help to communicate these concepts out to the public so that when you go in for care, you're not, even as a parent, you're not totally blitzed out. Okay. All right. So here's, we've alluded to this. All right. So we're going to get to it now. air quality. So I'll give a quick intro to this.

Certainly in the state of Minnesota, there's been other states around the country that have been very affected by Canadian fires that have gone on there. And the smoke has been coming into the United States And certainly, what was it, last week in the state of Minnesota, our air quality was like off the charts. And, you know, I remember, you know, driving.