The day after Anne and John’s visit, we had a famous person visiting our campus. Global health department were hosting a politician who had interest in health- Senator John Kerry. I have always been an admirer of the Senator’s policies and the way he showed maturity in various situations. So of course I went to his talk.
The talk focused on the US handling of the AIDS issue and then the Ebola crises and surprisingly criticized the Corona Virus shut down of world economy in a way that suggested that if the decision making powers were with others, many things would have been handled differently.
To great rounds of applause, the Senator went ahead with answering questions.

First experience with a US politician in the same room as me.
Hmmm.
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Double hmmm indeed !!
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I’ve never been to a speech or rally, etc. by a famous politician either Susie. And his topic was just tailor made for your studies.
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It was- I think it was supposed to be on global health of epidemics of which he was thought to be an authority based on his prior experience. I wish the script has stuck to the science or the events that took place rather than nuanced politics- with which at least we international students are saturated with.
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It seems like every conversation ends up with politics as its focal point these days unfortunately.
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Hi Susie! Well, that was a surprise! I’ve never been to A Political event. Sorry your first item seeing senator Kerry turned from medical to political. Good pic anyway!
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This is life, Lucy- I am dead sick of hearing politics from everyone, particularly from teachers. Even international students now talk American politics.
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