
EPISODE #13 | 9:30 AM, Monday, July 6, 2020
MEDI MONDAYS | The Independence Day edition
Guest: Garcia Williams, executive director of The Medi
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In this holiday weekend episode, before returning to our lineup of guest experts, popular radio host Terry Base and The Medi’s Garcia Williams recapped our many #COVID19-conversation episodes, full of information not easily found elsewhere. In the nearly 3 months WJNI and The Medi had been running the MEDI MONDAYS radio show as a public service as of this date, our experts had covered:
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The very latest on COVID-19 from our state epidemiologist
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Social justice and advocacy on matters the disproportionately impact people of color in our community, including COVID-19
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How historians are collecting the #coronavirus experiences of African Americans, and how you can submit yours
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How the pandemic is affecting, and will affect, young children with special needs, autism, & disabilities... and pregnant womenCOVID-19's impact on communities of color, from US Rep. James Clyburn, chair of the House Committee on Coronavirus
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COVID-19's impact on mental health, and ways you can keep yourself mentally healthy during the pandemic
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COVID-19's impact on people in addiction recovery, a disease of isolation, from an executive of The Opioid Collaborative
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Wellness and mindfulness during the pandemic, particularly needed by those impacted by social determinants of health
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Why the "stay at home" order is detrimental to people of color and those living in poverty, from medical ethicist Glenn Ellis
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Healthcare disparities & on-the-ground COVID-19 experiences of one hospital system, from the COO of KerhshawHealth
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A COVID-19 testing update from the COO of Franklin C. Fetter Healthcare
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Tune in every Monday morning to WJNI 106.3 FM or listen online at www.wjnigospel.com for a new, local conversation about COVID-19 and how it's affecting under-served populations, with information and experts that can't be found anywhere else. Past episodes of MEDI MONDAYS: The Coronavirus Edition can also be found at www.themedi.org/Medi-Mondays-Coronavirus.
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Listen to this episode below!
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Helpful resources and info on how COVID-19 is affecting underserved populations
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