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Speaker 1: we'd like to welcome to the Armstrong and Getty Show.

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Speaker 1: Dr Dean Blomberg, the Chief of Pediatric Diseases at the

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Speaker 1: University of California Davis. You see Davis Children's Hospital. Dr Blomberg,

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Speaker 1: how are you, sir? Good? How are you excellent? We're

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Speaker 1: grateful that you took a little time to come on today.

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Speaker 1: We have all sorts of questions, but as long as

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Speaker 1: you're the chief of pediatric diseases, do you have any

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Speaker 1: idea to APPI deemeologists have any idea why children, thank god,

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Speaker 1: we're not sure, but we're familiar with other infections that

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Speaker 1: even mononucleosis. Children seem to be affected very mildly or

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Speaker 1: we don't have any coronavirus vaccines. It's different with influenza.

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Speaker 1: Thanks well done, Armstrong and Jetty