Show host, David Brown, interviews Dr. MarkAlain Dery of New Orleans and WHIV - WHYR's sister station in NOLA. Dr. Dery is the founder of WHIV and an infectious disease specialist focused on the diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis-C, STI, as well as PEP/PrEP. We discussed at-risk populations, co-morbidities or the "allostatic load"* of Louisianans and New Orleanians in particular as well as various other aspects of the COVID-19 threat to our citizenry and, in particular, communities of color.
* The "wear and tear on the body" which accumulates as an individual is exposed to repeated or chronic stress.
