Firearm-related crime has long been a feature of American and South African society, with The United States has the 28th-highest rate of deaths from gun violence in the world: 4.43 deaths per 100,000 people in 2017-far greater than what is seen in other wealthy countries and South Africa having the third-highest annual rate of firearm deaths (26.8/100 000) after Colombia and Venezuela. This episode I am interviewed by fellow podcaster "Unravel with Nokuthula Khwela" and discuss links between Gun Violence in the United States and South Africa.

Governor of Texas is re-opening the state 100%, President Joe Biden calls it "Neanderthal Thinking". Democracy in Hong Kong under fire as Beijing moves to overhaul Hong Kong's electoral system to ensure only "patriots" can govern. Also we discuss stimulus checks, who is getting it and who isn't. All this on more on this week's episode.

This episode we interview Dr. Robert Jupiter (my brother), a family doctor here in Chicago Illinois. We learn about the vaccine rollout at the hospital and explore the effectiveness of vaccines, the impact on family and friends as well as how effective it will be against new variants. We also delve into side effects and why some may even in urban communities dis-trust vaccines in general. We end off chatting about its impact on urban communities, "heard immunity" and what needs to happen for us to get back to a sense of normalcy. I hope you enjoy this one, I sure did! 

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