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The Public’s Radio political analyst Scott MacKay sat down over Zoom with Dr. William Cioffi, surgeon-in-chief at The Miriam and Rhode Island hospitals and Dr. Leonard Mermel, director of infection control and an infectious disease specialist at Rhode Island Hospital.

Scott MacKay retired in December, 2020.With a B.A. in political science and history from the University of Vermont and a wealth of knowledge of local politics, it was a given that Scott MacKay would become...