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Dr. LaQuandra S. Nesbitt, Director of the DC Department of Health, returned as our guest to share her reflections. Her view of President Biden\u2019s six-point plan? Tying vaccination to sustained employment is the next phase: mandates will bring about an uptake in vaccines. The rising emphasis on monoclonal antibodies is a \u201chuge initiative\u201d that brings about a reduction in hospitalizations.\xa0The President negotiating access at-cost to over-the-counter test kits is a similarly big step.\xa0DC has avoided the worst outcomes seen elsewhere in the United States by \u201cplanning for the worst.\u201d Plus there has been relative unity: \u201cresidents have done what we have asked them to do.\u201d \u201cAt times of adversity, this city rises to the occasion.\u201d Top challenges? Vaccine disinformation regarding infertility creates \u201cmyths\u201d that remain \u201cinexplicably\u201d powerful.\xa0Managing confusion over boosters is \u201ctricky\u201d in the absence of a \u201csingle voice, single message.\u201d\nDr. LaQuandra S. Nesbitt has served since January 2015 as Director of the District of Columbia\u2019s Department of Health in Washington, D.C.