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Here We Go Another Season Of Flu And Cold Prevent It With Dr Ai Ris Y Collier · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 2: Hi, Arrow.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, how are you doing this morning, doctor? good how
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  Speaker 1: are you absolutely fantastic and very excited to share a
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  Speaker 1: conversation with you about cv because we're there every year
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  Speaker 1: at this time we're there but it's also that place
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  Speaker 1: where people go i don't know i really don't want
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  Speaker 1: to do this and i look at him i go
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  Speaker 1: really really so we need people like yourself doctor to
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  Speaker 1: step forward saying yeah really i'm there Isn't it kind
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  Speaker 1: of odd how we do that? I mean, people are
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  Speaker 1: choosing whether get the vaccine or get sick. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they're going to get sick. There's no question about it anymore.
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  Speaker 1: It's just how we've developed ourselves.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And these are very proven and safe and effective ways.
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  Speaker 2: And so it's yeah, it's hard to compare. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, one of the things that I really put a
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  Speaker 1: lot of attention on, and it's only because one of
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  Speaker 1: my essential jobs is I love working at a grocery
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  Speaker 1: store because it's community. But I'm in there with a
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  Speaker 1: lot of young moms and young babies. I really have
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  Speaker 1: got to tell them about C-VEEP when I see them
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  Speaker 1: because this way they can make sure that that little
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  Speaker 1: bundle of joy is protected.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. Yeah. Those little bundle of joys are constantly
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  Speaker 2: putting their hands and things in their mouth, too.
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  Speaker 1: Me, too. Me, too. I'm never going to grow up.
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  Speaker 1: I constantly do. But my question, doctor, is, is that
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  Speaker 1: why is it that I never heard my mother talk
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  Speaker 1: about these vaccines? I was born in 62. Is this
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  Speaker 1: something that as we evolved into?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say some of these vaccines, like the
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  Speaker 2: influenza one, has been a recommendation to be given in
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  Speaker 2: pregnancy for 50 years. But some of them, the newest ones,
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  Speaker 2: have only been available since 2023. So you probably weren't
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  Speaker 2: a fetus then. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Well, of course, nowadays we've got, what was it, RSV? Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God. I mean, it can go from the baby
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  Speaker 1: to the human in a heartbeat.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, the RSV is the number one cause of hospitalization
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  Speaker 2: for young children under five years old. So I think
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  Speaker 2: most parents have heard of RSV before.
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  Speaker 1: They have. And the thing about it is, though, is
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  Speaker 1: that once it's over, then they're saying, oh, my God,
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  Speaker 1: why didn't I do something? That's what I love about
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  Speaker 1: this conversation, doctor, is we're trying to prevent them from saying,
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to do it. Take the time to
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  Speaker 1: do it.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: And the thing is, is that, I mean, what I
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  Speaker 1: have to give kudos to, my pharmacist is always on
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  Speaker 1: my back, sending me things through the portal, giving me
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  Speaker 1: emails and things like this. Not everybody plays like this,
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  Speaker 1: do they? How can we remind people, yeah, you got
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  Speaker 1: to do it?
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  Speaker 2: Well, in the context of pregnancy, the good thing is
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  Speaker 2: that in pregnancy, you get seen multiple times throughout a pregnancy.
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  Speaker 2: So there's plenty of opportunity to talk about vaccines and
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  Speaker 2: what vaccines are recommended, how effective are they and when
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  Speaker 2: to get them.
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  Speaker 1: Now, correct me if I'm wrong here. Did I read
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  Speaker 1: that you can get the vaccine and it will transfer
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  Speaker 1: to the baby? Then when the baby's born, it's already vaccinated.
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  Speaker 1: Am I wrong on that?
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  Speaker 2: No, this is a really cool thing that happens in
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  Speaker 2: human biology. So, you know, in order to protect the infants,
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  Speaker 2: the infants aren't born with tons of immunity and exposure
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  Speaker 2: to and protection against other viruses. But in order to
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  Speaker 2: deliver protection, you can actually pass mom's antibodies, their immune
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  Speaker 2: function and protection onto the infant. So it's Available and
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  Speaker 2: protecting the infant immediately at birth and for the first
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  Speaker 2: few months of life that protection lasts. So we use
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  Speaker 2: this biology to improve infant immunity by actually boosting immune
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  Speaker 2: function in the mom during pregnancy and that increased immunity
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  Speaker 2: is passed on to the infant.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we got a little serious today with Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Iris Collier. We're going to be right back because there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot more you need to know about vaccinations. It's cveep.org, c-v-e-e-p.org.
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  Speaker 1: We are back with Dr. Iris Collier. Well, the thing
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  Speaker 1: that always gets me kind of knocked off my rocker
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  Speaker 1: at the grocery store is when people say, yeah, the
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  Speaker 1: baby was sick. And of course, I'm going, whoa, whoa, whoa,
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  Speaker 1: you're a carrier right now. Don't just slough this off here.
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  Speaker 1: And I sit there and I wonder if that's how
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  Speaker 1: people just deal with it because they don't want to
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  Speaker 1: hold on to the guilt. There's no reason to feel
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  Speaker 1: guilty that your baby was sick. You can prevent it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, there's sick and there's sick, right? There's sick,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's pretty much impossible to prevent babies from
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  Speaker 2: getting a little cold here and there. But what we're
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  Speaker 2: talking about is severe illness, like the baby has to
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  Speaker 2: be hospitalized or has to be in a critical care
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  Speaker 2: unit or need breathing support. These are the things that
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  Speaker 2: no parent wants to see. And so providing them with
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  Speaker 2: preventative therapy like a vaccine and immunity throughout from the
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  Speaker 2: time of birth on is really important and something we
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  Speaker 2: can intervene on for a pregnancy.
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  Speaker 1: What I don't want to have happen. My son was
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  Speaker 1: was in that children's hospital a long time because because
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  Speaker 1: his mother wouldn't do different things. And so he would
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  Speaker 1: get just so horribly sick that he had to spend
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  Speaker 1: lengthy time in at the hospital. But the positive out
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  Speaker 1: of that is he's at Wake Forest University in the
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  Speaker 1: research department to get people more educated about cancer research.
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  Speaker 1: And it was because of the children's hospitals. But the
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  Speaker 1: problem is we don't want the kids to go to
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  Speaker 1: the hospital to learn how to become a future doctor.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. This is something that affects all infants, regardless
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  Speaker 2: of their health status. So even infants without any existing
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  Speaker 2: medical conditions can be at risk for severe illness from
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  Speaker 2: these respiratory viruses.
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  Speaker 1: Now, we're also talking about COVID here, too. That thing
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  Speaker 1: ain't gone, is it?
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  Speaker 2: Unfortunately, no. It continues to mutate and change and still
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  Speaker 2: causes lots of disease in pregnancy and outside. And, you know,
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  Speaker 2: pregnant people are at a significant higher risk of having
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  Speaker 2: a severe disease from respiratory illnesses like COVID. And it
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  Speaker 2: can impact pregnancy outcomes too, like having a preterm birth.
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  Speaker 1: I see. And I'm horrified that Halloween is here. And
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  Speaker 1: what's going to happen? Everybody's dressing up the baby and
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  Speaker 1: going from house to house to house to house. This
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  Speaker 1: is the start of people getting together. And this is
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  Speaker 1: why baby baby needs to have that vaccine. Because from here,
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  Speaker 1: then it's Thanksgiving. Then it's Christmas. Then it's New Year.
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  Speaker 1: Then it's Super Bowl Sunday. This is not the best
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  Speaker 1: time to be hanging out with each other unless you
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  Speaker 1: got the shot.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, this fall is the start of indoor social gatherings
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  Speaker 2: where viruses spread easily. And I agree, pregnant women, because
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  Speaker 2: of the adaptations in their pregnancy, can be at significantly
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  Speaker 2: higher risk of severe illness. So now is the perfect
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  Speaker 2: time in advance of us doing all this gathering that
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  Speaker 2: sometimes is unavoidable. And unavoidable is to start vaccinating. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Can older people go to cv.org as well? Because, you know,
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  Speaker 1: as adults, we're just big babies. And the thing is,
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  Speaker 1: is we treat ourselves just like we do. We treat
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  Speaker 1: our children. Do they need to go and get this
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  Speaker 1: done as well?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, cveep.org has resources for vaccines that should be given
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  Speaker 2: in pregnancy, but also outside of pregnancy. And it gives
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  Speaker 2: you more information about insurance coverage and where to locate
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  Speaker 2: a vaccine clinic. Protecting all the older adults, we need to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it goes two ways. It protects them from
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  Speaker 2: infecting others like pregnant and infants, but also protects them
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  Speaker 2: from getting infected from those little ones too.
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  Speaker 1: You bring up an interesting point there about the insurance
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  Speaker 1: because my insurance won't pay for a COVID shot. Won't
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  Speaker 1: do it because I'm not 65. And I'm going, come on.
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  Speaker 1: And they go, no, come on about it. What about
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  Speaker 1: people just like me that can't get that COVID shot
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  Speaker 1: through their insurance?
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  Speaker 2: You know, there are these at least I can speak
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  Speaker 2: to pregnancy. That's where that's my area of expertise. But
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  Speaker 2: these are recommended vaccines in pregnancy. So, you know, both
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  Speaker 2: public and private health insurance plans should cover these vaccines.
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  Speaker 2: It depends on the kind of your state and local
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  Speaker 2: expansive coverage. But those may provide more coverage over what's
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  Speaker 2: required by federal law.
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  Speaker 1: Once again, what you're doing, I'm so grateful that you're
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  Speaker 1: here today because if we're not talking about it, neither
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  Speaker 1: is anybody else. And I'm so glad that you're part
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  Speaker 1: of this cv.org. What else can people do as we
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  Speaker 1: get into a moment where it's about to get really
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  Speaker 1: rough when it comes to sickness?
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  Speaker 2: I would ask your health care provider, in the case
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  Speaker 2: of pregnancy, your OB provider, about what vaccines can be
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  Speaker 2: given to protect you and your infant. A lot of
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  Speaker 2: these vaccines are routinely offered in the clinic, and if not,
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  Speaker 2: at your local retail pharmacies.
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  Speaker 1: You've got to come back to this show any time
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  Speaker 1: in the future. Let's don't make this a once-a-year type
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  Speaker 1: of thing, because people get together and hang out way
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  Speaker 1: too often during these 364-65 days.
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  Speaker 2: Agreed.
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  Speaker 1: Will you be brilliant today? Okay, doctor.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.