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<v Speaker 1>It's nice side with Dan Ray. I'm wbsy Constance me video.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you very much, Dan Watkins, and welcome back. Before

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<v Speaker 2>we get into the topic at hand, and let me

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<v Speaker 2>let me just say, I'd like to talk about what's

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<v Speaker 2>going on with COVID in this world, because I see

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<v Speaker 2>some things and I hear some things which are making

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<v Speaker 2>me think that COVID might be on the rebound. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>get to all of that in a moment, but I

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<v Speaker 2>first want to commend the selection of David Meyer as

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<v Speaker 2>the special investigator. He will lead the inquiry into the

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<v Speaker 2>death of Massachusettstate Police recruit Enrique Delgado Garcia. He was

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<v Speaker 2>appointed today to that post by the Attorney General and

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<v Speaker 2>Andrea Campbell. And it's a good choice. I had suggested

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<v Speaker 2>week someone like an Ed Davis. I said Ed Davis,

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<v Speaker 2>or Bill Bratton, or John Blodgett, the former District Attorney

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<v Speaker 2>of Essex County, and I mentioned a couple of other

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<v Speaker 2>names as well, but Kathy O'Toole, who had been a

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<v Speaker 2>head of the MBTA police here and eventually the head

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<v Speaker 2>of the entire police force what they call the guard

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<v Speaker 2>in Ireland. But David Meyer, he was a special counsel

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<v Speaker 2>to Governor Deval Patrick. But I knew him before that.

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<v Speaker 2>He was the former chief of Homicide in the Suffolk

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<v Speaker 2>County Office of District Attorney and worked closely with Dan Conley,

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<v Speaker 2>who's a good guy as well. But when we were

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<v Speaker 2>pursuing the claims of innocence for Joe Solvadi and others,

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<v Speaker 2>David Meyer all of a sudden was put in charge

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<v Speaker 2>of the case by the Suffolk County DA at the time,

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<v Speaker 2>and he looked at the case and he was the

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<v Speaker 2>one who basically said nomas, meaning you know, you guys

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<v Speaker 2>have made the case here and all the charges will

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<v Speaker 2>be dropped, which of course set up the civil lawsuit

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<v Speaker 2>for the Salvadi, Lamoni and the others, the other two

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<v Speaker 2>men who had died in prison. I think that the

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<v Speaker 2>appointment of David Meyer is a brilliant choice and I

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<v Speaker 2>know that David Meyer will get to the bottom of

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<v Speaker 2>whatever happened to this poor recruit who died in what

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<v Speaker 2>they call a boxing training exercise. And Rinki de Godo Garcia,

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<v Speaker 2>who will be waked and buried later this week at

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<v Speaker 2>young twenty five year old man who aspired to be

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<v Speaker 2>a state police officer and in my opinion, was robbed

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<v Speaker 2>of that dream by I'll be interesting. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>this was like a one punch lucky thing where somehow

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<v Speaker 2>he suffered these incredible injuries. But I say, David Meyer,

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<v Speaker 2>those of you who do not know David, they will

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<v Speaker 2>be a complete, thorough and honest and he will. He's

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<v Speaker 2>the sort of guy that the ships will fall where

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<v Speaker 2>they may. David Meyer and Mark Lee were the two

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<v Speaker 2>assistant district attorneys who finally finally saw to it that

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<v Speaker 2>justice should be given to Joselvadi and Peter Lamoni and

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<v Speaker 2>the other two men who had died in prison. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's how I know David Meyer. I have utmost respect

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<v Speaker 2>for him, and he will he will do a great

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<v Speaker 2>job on this and if they will be if there

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<v Speaker 2>were mistakes made, we will know about it. So putting

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<v Speaker 2>that aside for the moment, we may talk about that

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<v Speaker 2>later on. During the week, I've noticed a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>things that I want to share with you which have

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<v Speaker 2>caused me a little concern for many, many weeks up until,

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<v Speaker 2>as a matter of fact, the end of June. I

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<v Speaker 2>followed and kept track of what was going on with

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<v Speaker 2>COVID in Massachusetts and COVID, you know, really sort of

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<v Speaker 2>petered out dramatically in February mid February of this year,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four. The last week in which there were

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<v Speaker 2>more than two thousand new cases was February fifteenth, and

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<v Speaker 2>the last week in which there were more than fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>deaths was that same week. And you just saw the

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<v Speaker 2>debts dropped off from the week of February fifteenth, from

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<v Speaker 2>new deaths from twenty nine the week of February fifteenth, twelve, twelve, ten, fifteen, eleven, ten,

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<v Speaker 2>three eight.

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<v Speaker 3>Five six three five three four four four four five five,

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<v Speaker 3>And at that point the state stopped releasing information on

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<v Speaker 2>But I noticed that a week ago there was a

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<v Speaker 2>real uptick, and on the week of September nineteenth, the

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<v Speaker 2>number of new cases in Massachusetts again crept on any

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<v Speaker 2>given week crept up back over the two thousand figure.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that pales in comparison to again, you know what

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<v Speaker 2>it was in terms of new cases last winter, in

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<v Speaker 2>January and February. But once it dropped below the two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand figure in mid or late February, it never came back.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was a fraction all through April and May.

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<v Speaker 2>And June four hundred, five hundred, six hundred cases. It

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<v Speaker 2>just never really bounced back, but it started to creep

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<v Speaker 2>back in let me see if I get I just

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<v Speaker 2>want to make sure I'm giving you the right information.

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<v Speaker 2>It did start to creep back in June. Late June,

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<v Speaker 2>it was nine hundred and eleven and then slowly but

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<v Speaker 2>surely it began to creep back. So here's the other

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<v Speaker 2>thing that I noticed, and you should be aware of this,

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<v Speaker 2>that at the end of this month, the federal government

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<v Speaker 2>is going to make four free COVID nineteen tests available

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<v Speaker 2>to every household that wants them. All you'll have to

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<v Speaker 2>do is to go to your computer. And they're not

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<v Speaker 2>available now, so you don't waste your time doing it now,

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<v Speaker 2>but you'll be able to get and we'll get you

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<v Speaker 2>that information too. By the way, that the at home

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<v Speaker 2>COVID test, every household gets free COVID tests and has

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<v Speaker 2>nothing to do with whether you're eligible for other federal programs.

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<v Speaker 2>It's available for whether you're a millionaire or you're a popper,

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<v Speaker 2>as long as you have an andretch you get these

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<v Speaker 2>free COVID test people, I would advise everyone to get them.

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<v Speaker 2>So looking at that also seeing more and more people

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<v Speaker 2>in the last couple of weeks, just my observations on

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<v Speaker 2>the street going into supermarkets, seeing more and more people

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<v Speaker 2>being masked and wearing masks. All of a sudden, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>thinking to myself, I'm looking at those as when I

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<v Speaker 2>use the term vectors. So I don't know. I know

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be getting a COVID shot in a week or so.

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<v Speaker 2>The first shot I got was my flu shot, my

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<v Speaker 2>high dose flu shot, which I would advise all of

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<v Speaker 2>you who are on the wrong side of sixty to get,

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<v Speaker 2>but a lot to know what your experience has been.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think that I'm panicking? Here? My sense?

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<v Speaker 4>And just as I read different articles, I guess there

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<v Speaker 4>are there's some new streams of COVID there are, and

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<v Speaker 4>uh broad the countryside. There's also a change uh simultaneously

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<v Speaker 4>that has been noted here in peace that that I

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<v Speaker 4>saw in Axio's Boston than in a lot of cities

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<v Speaker 4>around the country. Matter of fact, in most every major

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<v Speaker 2>UH. A new analysis found that driving rates are now

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<v Speaker 2>above pre pandemic levels. So if you take all three

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<v Speaker 2>of those, the fact that more people are wearing masks,

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<v Speaker 2>that there's been uptick here. We haven't had the flu

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<v Speaker 2>season really hasn't started. I mean today's the first day

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<v Speaker 2>of fall. But we had beautiful weather until about a

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<v Speaker 2>week ago, and and then the rains came in parts

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<v Speaker 2>of Massachusetts. Uh. You see people wearing masks, people are

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<v Speaker 2>driving more, which to me says that you're you're more

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<v Speaker 2>in in contact with other people. That are our pattern

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<v Speaker 2>Our patterns are back to the to the pre COVID time.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you read some of the medical materials, there's

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<v Speaker 2>one that I have here which is from the Association

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<v Speaker 2>of American Medical Colleges. COVID is surging again. This is

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<v Speaker 2>from August, late August. COVID is surging again. Here are

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<v Speaker 2>the latest on new variants, updated vaccines, and masking. So

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<v Speaker 2>my question is to all of you, simple one, and

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<v Speaker 2>that is do you have that sense. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>that that I can give you the statistics from last week.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be interested to see what the statistics if the

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<v Speaker 2>statistics are released this week. They were released that last

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<v Speaker 2>week by Massachusetts I think as sort of a warning sign.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm going to open up lines here. We haven't

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<v Speaker 2>talked about COVID in a while. Are you letting your

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<v Speaker 2>guard down. This stuff keeps mutating, and sometimes it mutates,

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<v Speaker 2>as I understand that into into a stronger form of

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<v Speaker 2>the virus. The editor's editor here, writes, the staff right

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<v Speaker 2>at bridget Baltz writes, if there's one thing that's predictable

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<v Speaker 2>of the virus that causes COVID nineteen is that it

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<v Speaker 2>will continue to evolve and find new ways to infect

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<v Speaker 2>and reinfect the world's population. The latest mutation of SARS

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<v Speaker 2>COVID two, specifically KP one, KP two, and KP three,

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<v Speaker 2>and their sub lineages accounted for most infections in the

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<v Speaker 2>US as of the first week of August, according to

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<v Speaker 2>the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the CDC Conveillance.

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<v Speaker 2>So I just want to open it up six seven two,

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think COVID's coming back last winter? I think

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<v Speaker 2>we kind of didn't see much of it. Didn't seem

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<v Speaker 2>certainly as much of it as the winter before. I

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<v Speaker 2>have friends of mine, family members not here in Massachusetts,

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<v Speaker 2>but who tell me that they have contracted COVID or

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<v Speaker 2>been diagnosed for COVID. Thank goodness, they were not anybody

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<v Speaker 2>who was in that category of being either older or susceptible.

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<v Speaker 2>So let's let's just get to it. Six one, seven, two, five, four,

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<v Speaker 2>ten thirty six one seven, nine, three thirty COVID. Are

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<v Speaker 2>you concerned? Have you gone and found your masks your

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<v Speaker 2>old mask lately or are you just kind of cruising

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<v Speaker 2>along figuring that this is in the rearview mirror and

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<v Speaker 2>it's nothing really to worry about. I don't hold that view.

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<v Speaker 2>I am a little concerned. I'd love to know, on

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<v Speaker 2>a scale of zero to ten, where is your concern level.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like it about a three or four right now, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>but it could go up real quickly for me. Coming

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<v Speaker 2>back on nights, I joined the conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>night Side Studios WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>We are in the Window World Nightside Studios and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>proud to have them as the sponsor of our night

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<v Speaker 2>Side Studios. Now, just get to the phones now again.

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<v Speaker 2>I try to pick subjects that are sometimes different, and

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know when the last time you talked about COVID,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'd love to know what your observations are, because

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<v Speaker 2>this is North America's back porch where all of us

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<v Speaker 2>can chime in and you can say to me, Dan,

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<v Speaker 2>you're wrong. This COVID thing is we got to beat.

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<v Speaker 2>No problem. I'm not seeing anybody wear masks. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>been my experience. Let's go to Bob and Pet. Hey, Bob,

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate you calling in. How are you tonight?

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<v Speaker 5>Hey?

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<v Speaker 6>Good Dan?

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<v Speaker 7>How are you?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing great? Thanks for calling in on this subject.

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<v Speaker 2>Love to know what you think. Do you think I'm

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<v Speaker 2>off based on.

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<v Speaker 6>This, Dan, I think you really are into something. To

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<v Speaker 6>be honest with you, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Wish I was wrong. I wish I was wrong.

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<v Speaker 8>To be honest, You're not wrong, Dan.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm going to tell you a little story. Last week

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<v Speaker 6>I had COVID myself, okay, and eight other people I

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<v Speaker 6>know had COVID, including my parents that are in their eighties. Okay,

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<v Speaker 6>they're doing better now, you know. They've been staying in

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<v Speaker 6>the house and everything and isolating and everything. And to

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<v Speaker 6>be honest with you, this COVID. I had COVID twice before,

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<v Speaker 6>and this third time I had it last week, the

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<v Speaker 6>symptoms seemed worse for me. Okay, I was in more pain.

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<v Speaker 6>It lasted a lot longer than the first two times

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<v Speaker 6>I had it, I was sick for about ten days.

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<v Speaker 6>Aches and pains, headaches, chest pains.

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<v Speaker 2>Question. I want to ask you a question. Did you

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<v Speaker 2>as you were diagnosed with COVID to get a prescription

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<v Speaker 6>Yes, they they had mentioned that to me, but they

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<v Speaker 2>Gotcha, Okay, fair enough? That is accurate. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>which you have to continue to Rebut that's a story

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<v Speaker 6>A ton of bricks, Dan, and Dan, I mean to go.

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<v Speaker 6>The story gets even a little bit more interesting. Two weeks,

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<v Speaker 6>two weeks prior to this, I had gotten the flu shot, okay,

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<v Speaker 6>the regular regular a flu shot, not the COVID shot.

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<v Speaker 6>why don't you take a COVID test. It sounds like

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<v Speaker 6>you get the beginning stages of COVID. So I took

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<v Speaker 6>the COVID test, and sure enough I had COVID. Oh

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the flu shot is not going to help you

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<v Speaker 6>Right, No?

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<v Speaker 2>No, I mean unfortunately, it disguised the COVID. It allowed

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<v Speaker 2>that there was some other family members? Was there a

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<v Speaker 6>just we're but people by the you know. My doctor

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<v Speaker 2>I got to be honest with you. I've heard many

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, because they said it's still in your system and

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<v Speaker 6>it takes a while for that to get out of

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<v Speaker 2>Right, but I also think that it can almost reactivate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Double check with your doctor. I had heard that you

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<v Speaker 2>if you get COVID. And again I'm not a doctor,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not playing it on radio. Heard maybe there's some

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<v Speaker 2>doctor right right, is that? I think the general advice

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<v Speaker 2>that I heard was not gett a COVID shot but

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<v Speaker 2>then three or four weeks. But it was much longer

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<v Speaker 2>want to double check with your doc. And hopefully there's

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<v Speaker 2>to tell me I'm right or wrong on that. But

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<v Speaker 2>my understanding is once you have COVID, you have the

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<v Speaker 2>antibodies in your system, which is what a COVID shot does.

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<v Speaker 2>So therefore the COVID shot, as I understand that from

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<v Speaker 2>back in the day, it was superfluous and not that

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<v Speaker 2>it was going to harm you, but it was it

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<v Speaker 2>was unnecessary, right.

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<v Speaker 6>I mean then, to be honest with you, I let

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<v Speaker 6>my guy down. I thinking it was all gone. I

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<v Speaker 6>thought it was all passed because the news media wasn't

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<v Speaker 6>like you. They weren't even reporting it on the news

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<v Speaker 6>that much. So I was thinking the numbers went down

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<v Speaker 6>because the news made the news media is not reporting it.

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<v Speaker 6>So I'm thinking the numbers are coming down. You know,

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<v Speaker 6>your gout is down and everything, well.

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<v Speaker 2>The numbers. I kept track of the numbers, and beginning

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of February last winter, there was a

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<v Speaker 2>pretty significant drop off and they stayed down, but in

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<v Speaker 2>the last couple of weeks that popped up, and last

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<v Speaker 2>week there were and I have the numbers right here

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<v Speaker 2>which I can share with you. Last week, if you

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<v Speaker 2>were up, they were you were You and your family

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<v Speaker 2>were amongst the two thousand, three hundred and one new

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<v Speaker 2>COVID cases, and last week there were sixteen new COVID deaths.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, guy, because when I called my doctor last week,

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<v Speaker 6>he told me that the numbers were really spiking up

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<v Speaker 6>and last week was the big the highest numbers he's

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<v Speaker 6>seen in a while of COVID yep.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's why we're talking about it tonight. And I

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate that you called in as somebody who had dealt

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<v Speaker 2>with it and let it be a warning to others

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<v Speaker 2>to take to continue to take it seriously. Bob, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you much for your call. I really thanks, thanks so much. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd like to hear what you think on this now again.

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<v Speaker 2>I introduced these topics in the hopes that people will

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<v Speaker 2>step up on North America's back porch and express an opinion.

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<v Speaker 2>If you think I'm way off base, and if you're

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<v Speaker 2>a medical professional, I would particularly love to hear from me.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have to identify yourself by name, but I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to be giving out income information. The information

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<v Speaker 2>I'm giving out is basically public information. I think there's

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<v Speaker 2>an uptick, and I've seen other things. The fact that

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<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden, the CDC is once again offering

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<v Speaker 2>free COVID tests. I don't know how long that had

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<v Speaker 2>been planned. Maybe someone will call and tell me it's

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<v Speaker 2>been planned for a year. But the coincidence of that,

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<v Speaker 2>the uptick and just more people just seeing more people

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<v Speaker 2>with masks in the last I don't know, three weeks. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it a coincidence? I don't know. Maybe I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's something we should be concerned about. That's why I'm

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<v Speaker 2>bringing it up tonight, and I hope that you're concerned

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<v Speaker 2>enough and if you have any information that you can

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<v Speaker 2>help us with here in North America's back porch. The

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<v Speaker 2>be right back on nights Side after this.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Night Side with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, now, again, I'm surprised that more of you

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<v Speaker 2>you were not willing to just tell me what you think. There.

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<v Speaker 2>This is I'm telling you what I think. I think

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<v Speaker 2>that COVID is making a comeback. I hope I'm wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>But when I look at some of the some of

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<v Speaker 2>the medical journals, including one here from the Association of

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<v Speaker 2>American Medical Colleges. And I see the numbers here in Massachusetts,

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<v Speaker 2>and I see the behavior of people. Let's go to

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<v Speaker 2>Larry and Dennisport. Larry, appreciate your calling in.

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<v Speaker 8>How are you, sir, Dan Hi? Thanks for taking my call.

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<v Speaker 2>So what do you think about my theory here? I'm

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<v Speaker 2>thinking that that it's time to get a little serious.

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<v Speaker 2>This thing might be bouncing back a little more, a

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<v Speaker 2>little more strongly than maybe we would have expected.

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<v Speaker 8>I'm going to have to agree with you now.

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<v Speaker 2>You can always disagree with me. You know that, Larry,

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<v Speaker 2>don't worry about it. We'll still be friends. Go ahead,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, I know.

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<v Speaker 8>I'm still getting over that seven inches of rain we

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<v Speaker 8>had in thirty six hours.

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<v Speaker 2>Unbelievable, unbelievable. I've never heard rain like that, with that

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<v Speaker 2>intensity to that long two and a half days.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, it was unbelievable. It was even more unbelievable on

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<v Speaker 8>Cape Caught. People don't realize so the rain stopped. I

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<v Speaker 8>forget when sometimes Saturday I was out in the woods

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<v Speaker 8>on Saturday on Sunday mountain biking on the trails.

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<v Speaker 2>That it was going.

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<v Speaker 8>No, it's like it never rained. Really, it's because the

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<v Speaker 8>sand just absorbs all the water. It was amazing. It's crazy.

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<v Speaker 8>But anyway, getting back to COVID. As you well know,

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<v Speaker 8>I'm vaccine injured since twenty twenty one long term side effects,

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<v Speaker 8>and then I got COVID in twenty twenty three and

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<v Speaker 8>developed into long COVID. So I'm very cautious with COVID

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<v Speaker 8>because the doctors told me, especially people with long COVID,

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<v Speaker 8>you do not want to get reinfected because every time

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<v Speaker 8>you get reinfected, it makes your side effects even worse.

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<v Speaker 8>And I've been working for three years now and I'm

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<v Speaker 8>finally starting to see some improvement with some of the

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<v Speaker 8>protocols that i'm doing. So but here's what I'm finding.

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<v Speaker 8>And like what you mentioned in February and then into

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<v Speaker 8>the next few months, COVID kind of disappeared. You never

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<v Speaker 8>heard about it on the news or anything. People were

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<v Speaker 8>getting cold and thinking it was either allergies or regulars,

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<v Speaker 8>not even testing for COVID. They weren't even doing testing.

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<v Speaker 8>In the last months, I know at least six or

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<v Speaker 8>eight people that have COVID. My own wife had it

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<v Speaker 8>last month. I can't believe I didn't get it from her,

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<v Speaker 8>but they did not suggest for my wife to take paxvid.

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<v Speaker 8>Every doctor is different on that one.

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<v Speaker 2>Really. Well, what I've larry is that if if you

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<v Speaker 8>Yes, I had in it.

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<v Speaker 2>Was November or twenty twenty two, very mild case. But

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<v Speaker 2>my daughter said, get packs all of it. I got

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<v Speaker 2>it quickly, and you know, it painted necks like two

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<v Speaker 2>pills twice a day, and it kind of left a

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<v Speaker 2>feeling of a kind of a steel feeling like you

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<v Speaker 2>would chew metallic italic metallic better word. But that was it.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it was no more than the sniffles. But look,

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<v Speaker 2>when when you're on the wrong side of fifty, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't mess with this.

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<v Speaker 8>Well, I look at it the right side because it's

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<v Speaker 8>better than the dirt nap so. But but anyway, I'd

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<v Speaker 8>have some friends that took the pack SUV and had

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<v Speaker 8>some side effects from it. With me, my doctors told me,

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<v Speaker 8>don't get any more shots. Don't put anything in your

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<v Speaker 8>body because your immune system is inflamed and then overdrive.

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<v Speaker 8>And I don't know anybody else that's even getting those shots.

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<v Speaker 8>You can't give them away right now. But getting back

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<v Speaker 2>Had his COVID shot this weekend. So there are people

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<v Speaker 2>who and I'm I'm going to get a COVID shot.

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<v Speaker 2>I had a flu shot, a flu shot a week

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<v Speaker 8>At least the Yeah, but if you test positive, if

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<v Speaker 8>you test positive for COVID, they tell you at least

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<v Speaker 8>three months.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why when when Bob said three or four weeks,

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<v Speaker 2>I always heard longer, because you have it. Well, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not a doctor, but but I'm glad to hear

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<v Speaker 2>you say that, because the idea is that when you

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<v Speaker 2>have COVID and you recover from it, one of the

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<v Speaker 2>lasting impacts is you have some immunity. Uh, And there's

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<v Speaker 2>no reason to get a shot any sooner than whatever

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<v Speaker 2>the medical viewpoint is.

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<v Speaker 8>But yeah, yeah, exactly, I'm sorry to hear that you

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<v Speaker 8>that you had it.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you're you're now totally immune.

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<v Speaker 8>Well, well, I don't know about that, but it's just

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<v Speaker 8>these long term side effects, these long COVID. You should

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<v Speaker 8>do another segment on.

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<v Speaker 2>Long Oh I've done I've done a couple of segments

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<v Speaker 2>on long COVID, my buddy Cliff Ritchie who was a

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<v Speaker 2>great tennis player. Uh in the Jimmy Connors, Arthur Ash,

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<v Speaker 2>John mcenroll.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, right up, And you did it right, and you

437
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<v Speaker 8>did a great interview with Julie from the COVID coverage censer.

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<v Speaker 8>But you you brought up another subject. I thought you

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<v Speaker 8>were going to tie this in that there's more traffic

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<v Speaker 8>out there. And when I go out in the rows,

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<v Speaker 8>I say, in the middle of the day. You know,

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<v Speaker 8>I'm retired. I say, doesn't anybody even if you're working

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<v Speaker 8>from home, doesn't anybody work nine to five anymore?

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<v Speaker 9>Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I don't know. I don't know that you where

446
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<v Speaker 2>you are on Cape cod might be a small sample

447
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<v Speaker 2>size the idea.

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<v Speaker 8>No I drive up to Boston a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, all right, okay, Well apparently it's all over the country.

450
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<v Speaker 2>It's all over the the biggest twenty five again. It's

451
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<v Speaker 2>like people getting back and get out, and we apparently

452
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<v Speaker 2>are at traffic levels which were similar to what they

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<v Speaker 2>were pre COVID. Now, look, we probably picked up ten

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<v Speaker 2>or fifteen million more people of drivers age, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean the population continues to experience. All right, Larry,

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<v Speaker 2>I got to run here, I gotta get to break.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks buddy, talk to you soon. All right, good night,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, we're gonna come back. We're gonna Ruth, You're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be next, followed by John and Maureen, and I

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<v Speaker 2>want to hear you guys experience. Thank you much for calling,

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll get to all three of you before the break,

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<v Speaker 2>before the newscast. I promise back on night Side after this.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>nights Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>We get lines filled up. Now, maybe we'll get to

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<v Speaker 2>go into the next hour. Let me go to Ruth

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<v Speaker 2>at Uxbridge. Ruth, do you think I'm crazy or do

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<v Speaker 2>you think COVID's making a comeback?

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<v Speaker 7>I think people are crazy if they don't take one

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<v Speaker 7>on this. I'm older, I've got a birthday coming up

471
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<v Speaker 7>next month, and on mid eighties. But I'm very selling.

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<v Speaker 2>You're about you're selling. You're about forty five. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>You've got a great, great voice.

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<v Speaker 7>Thanks well, I can mow my own Launes and Rake

475
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<v Speaker 7>and all that jazz still and but August twenty third,

476
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<v Speaker 7>I started coming down with a headache. On August twenty fourth,

477
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<v Speaker 7>headache still heard. I did a COVID test, said negative.

478
00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:39.119
<v Speaker 7>I got through Tuesday, and I felt horrible. I couldn't

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<v Speaker 7>get people better realized if they started getting headaches, they've

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<v Speaker 7>got this stuff. And anyhow, I tested absolutely positive that

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<v Speaker 7>Tuesday and the doctor put me on pack full OFVID.

482
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<v Speaker 7>But the problem is that, yeah, I went through that

483
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<v Speaker 7>series of the medicine then, but uh, what I have

484
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<v Speaker 7>Apparently I've got complications now. I am immune immun I'm compromised. Okay,

485
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<v Speaker 7>So anyhow because of a particular medication, I'm on growth

486
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<v Speaker 7>rider and so anyhow, my thing that this has happened

487
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<v Speaker 7>is I got all the fun. I lost my taste

488
00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:32.480
<v Speaker 7>and finally got it back on. That's so weird. But anyhow,

489
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<v Speaker 7>as I got well, thought I got well. I've been

490
00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:43.279
<v Speaker 7>coughing ever since then and can't get rid of the cough.

491
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<v Speaker 7>And they've just put me on a Marxist selling So

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<v Speaker 7>this stuff is not a joke. I've had all my

493
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<v Speaker 7>shots and stuff like that, and I don't know where

494
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<v Speaker 7>I got this from. So I don't know. So people

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<v Speaker 7>better pay attention to it. Because thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>For taking the time to call in an issue the warning,

497
00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:06.160
<v Speaker 2>because I think that your call is as important as

498
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<v Speaker 2>Bob's Larry's call was. Yours is important because not only

499
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<v Speaker 2>did you get it, but obviously you have some lingering symptoms.

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<v Speaker 7>And I've got lingering symptoms now. So yeah, people, please

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00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:21.240
<v Speaker 7>be careful. Please take these warnings seriously. And I've had

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<v Speaker 7>to go out a couple of times to get medications stuff,

503
00:29:24.400 --> 00:29:27.759
<v Speaker 7>and believe me, I'm wearing my mask. But other than that,

504
00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:31.200
<v Speaker 7>just to get medicine and come back in the house.

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<v Speaker 7>That's it. I don't want to be around people.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you're always gonna be around Nightside, okay, And I

507
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<v Speaker 2>really appreciate it.

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00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:40.559
<v Speaker 7>I always see them. I love your program.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thank you, I love you for saying that. And again,

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00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:45.839
<v Speaker 2>please get better quickly and give me a call in

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of weeks. Just let me know how you're doing.

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<v Speaker 8>Okay, sheld and thank you.

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<v Speaker 7>Good night.

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<v Speaker 2>Good night. Well she sounds great, but obviously she's been

515
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<v Speaker 2>fighting it. John and Marshall, Hey John, next on Nightside, Welcome, Hi,

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<v Speaker 2>how you doing. I'm doing fun? John? Am I crazy

517
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<v Speaker 2>about this?

518
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<v Speaker 5>Or no, no, you're not, And actually it's it's I'm not.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm not seeing a lot on the media about the

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<v Speaker 5>about the uptaking COVID, but I mean, it's definitely out there.

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<v Speaker 9>I like you.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm seeing people wearing masks more often now than I

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<v Speaker 5>did before. A friend of mine is in a combination

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<v Speaker 5>nursing home rehab and she's been in there for a

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<v Speaker 5>few weeks, and on my last visit up, they suggested

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<v Speaker 5>at the front desk where you sign in, they suggested

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<v Speaker 5>that you you grab a mask and wear the mask

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<v Speaker 5>whilere you're in the in the building visiting advice.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's been a while, probably since she had remember

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<v Speaker 2>that used to be back in twenty twenty. That was

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<v Speaker 2>the normal course I did. They gave you a mask, and.

532
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<v Speaker 5>This was you know, this wasn't it wasn't mandatory. It

533
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<v Speaker 5>was so it was optional, but they gave you the option.

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<v Speaker 5>So I went in to see her and she says, well,

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<v Speaker 5>I have COVID, and I'm thinking to myself immediately I

536
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<v Speaker 5>ran through myself. You know, she's in this nursing home

537
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<v Speaker 5>rehab thing. They told her she has COVID. She's confined

538
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<v Speaker 5>to her room and I'm thinking, I'm in you know,

539
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<v Speaker 5>compromise due to a respiratory condition. So I said, well, Okayan,

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<v Speaker 5>are you seeing you? I took.

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<v Speaker 2>You before you went up to see her, you know.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, but I had to stop in the other day

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<v Speaker 5>and drop something off. And now there's a sign at

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<v Speaker 5>the front desk and that they don't use the word COVID,

545
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<v Speaker 5>but they say that all visitors are it suggested that

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<v Speaker 5>all visitors wear a mask when entering the facility.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, well that's another good sign, and John, thank

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<v Speaker 2>you very much for and making us aware of this.

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<v Speaker 2>I was hoping. I'm delighted that so many folks now

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<v Speaker 2>have decided to pick up the phone so we can

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00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:10.359
<v Speaker 2>kind of alert people to what's going on. And uh,

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00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:14.079
<v Speaker 2>a little extra precaution is not going to hurt anyone.

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00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:17.920
<v Speaker 2>A lack of precaution could hurt a lot of people now.

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<v Speaker 5>And I'm thinking, you know, as far as precautions go,

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<v Speaker 5>this is a real plus for vote by mail.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I guess, well that's just one example. I mean,

557
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<v Speaker 2>you still got to potentially go to the grocery store.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you got to live your life a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit too. And so I don't want to get back

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<v Speaker 2>to the point where we were wiping down kens outside

561
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<v Speaker 2>our back door when we came from the grocery store.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I don't want to get that up point. I

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<v Speaker 5>actually where I shot up. I actually I do an

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<v Speaker 5>order online. They pick it for me.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep.

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<v Speaker 5>No I have to do is drive up and go.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of people do that as well. That may

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<v Speaker 2>become even more in vogue. Thanks John, I got to

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<v Speaker 2>get one. We're in here before you break. Okay, let

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<v Speaker 2>me go to Marie and brought them more. We want

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<v Speaker 2>to get you in under the wire head the folks

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<v Speaker 2>who are on the line. We'll stick with it until

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<v Speaker 2>the next hour. Go ahead, Maureen.

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<v Speaker 8>Dan.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, I turned on late, but I just wanted to.

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<v Speaker 9>You know, he had just your previous call. I just

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<v Speaker 9>mentioned about that facility he visited his friend. I'm thinking

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<v Speaker 9>that maybe about a month month and a half ago,

579
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<v Speaker 9>if it wasn't a little bit more, I thought I

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<v Speaker 9>heard that like mass General Hospital was requiring I don't

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<v Speaker 9>know if they were acquiring you know, visitors, but it

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<v Speaker 9>was it was about to wear the masks. My personal

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<v Speaker 9>and you're not crazy. I agree with you, my personal.

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<v Speaker 9>I went to the grocery store yesterday. Yes there were

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<v Speaker 9>myself and there were a few other people that did

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<v Speaker 9>have a mask on. But that's my preference. But like

587
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<v Speaker 9>everyone else says you have to take care of yourself,

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00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:54.839
<v Speaker 9>your your other previous caller, you know, take your precautions,

589
00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:58.960
<v Speaker 9>you know. So so yeah, just just be smart.

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<v Speaker 2>Well again, look, what did they say? An outser prevention

591
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<v Speaker 2>is worth a pound of cure. And that's exactly what

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<v Speaker 2>I think we're talking about here. We gotta be smart

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<v Speaker 2>about this, you know, because if it is going to

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<v Speaker 2>come back, all of us will be in jeopardy. So

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<v Speaker 2>I just felt I wanted to talk about it tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm delighted so many people have called on it, Marie,

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<v Speaker 2>and I appreciate that you've called and reinforced it. And

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<v Speaker 2>I have other callers. We're going to get to them

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<v Speaker 2>on the other side of the break, on the other

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<v Speaker 2>side of the newscast, as simple as that. But did

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<v Speaker 2>you get it? Did you get it when it was first,

602
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<v Speaker 2>when it first arrived back in twenty twenty, twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>or have you avoided it so far?

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<v Speaker 9>I want to say I got it pertunately about the

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<v Speaker 9>same time as you know, late November. It was after

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<v Speaker 9>Thanksgiving twenty twenty two, and it was it happened to

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<v Speaker 9>be my oldest sister and myself, my husband and then

608
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<v Speaker 9>you know my sister broblem law. But it was, yeah,

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<v Speaker 9>it was. But again, we were lucky enough that we

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<v Speaker 9>got on the pack slowed my husband and myself, so

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<v Speaker 9>I mean, but everything else you take precautions. But thank you, Jan.

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<v Speaker 9>I know you've got a break. It's great to talk

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<v Speaker 9>to you, and you have a great rest of your night.

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<v Speaker 2>Maurie. Thanks so much for being such a loyal listener.

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<v Speaker 2>And I really mean that I know exactly who this

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<v Speaker 2>is because I see you on pregame and postgame off

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<v Speaker 2>and checking in. So thanks. I feel like I know

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<v Speaker 2>you as a friend.

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<v Speaker 8>Okay, I feel the same.

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<v Speaker 9>Thanks, have a great night. Appreciate you time.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Maury. Okay, I'm not going to sure. Thanks, Mary,

622
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<v Speaker 2>not going to shut change anyone. Bill, Lisa and Alex

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<v Speaker 2>stay right there through the newscast. I'll get you right

624
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<v Speaker 2>on the other side and we can continue to talk

625
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<v Speaker 2>about this for a little while. I do also want

626
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<v Speaker 2>to get to the federal arraignment today of the latest

627
00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:57.719
<v Speaker 2>nut job potential assassin. We as a country seem to

628
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<v Speaker 2>produce more political assass essence than than we deserve to. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just unbelievable what's going on. We'll get to that

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<v Speaker 2>as well, So if you like to join and talk

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<v Speaker 2>about COVID, it's COVID making a comeback, that's the question

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<v Speaker 2>I think it is. And I've explained to you why

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<v Speaker 2>everyone seems to agree with me and this one. If

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<v Speaker 2>you disagree, that's fine, give us a call. Six one, seven, two, five,

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<v Speaker 2>Back on night Side, more conversation talking about COVID. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's back amongst us at a level that maybe

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<v Speaker 2>some of us don't appreciate. Back on night Side, after

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<v Speaker 2>the ten o'clock news,