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Little built of a wild story, but we need to get an appointment for somebody to get vaccinated, and we were able to meet up within a few days, and with him and his family having him take his first shot. >> hopefully a friendship forged something we all can learn from the conversation the two of you had. and i do hope you guys went back to the bar and had a celebratory drink, vaccinated days later. did you? >> we have not been back, but ive been talking about how to get him some brussels sprouts ...

Questions. i asked political questions, loaded questions. things across the board that i knew that i thought i knew the answers to, and maybe some provoking questions as well, and dr. mitchel just basically stayed steadfast and true which ultimately led to that sincere, genuine conversation, and when you get up from the table at that point, youre like well, you know what? he had every intention probably of going to dinner and not talking about anything. which at the time with his expertise to ex...

Also in the same token, i thought well, because theres so much uncertainty about the vaccine, if i remain unvaccinated, god forbid something happened to either one of us, maybe wed have a better chance. maybe poor logic. i dont know. but at the time it sounded good. >> dr. mitchel, take me inside the bar. you hear from mark. hes unvaccinated. you hear some of his reasoning. i imagine some alarm bells went off in your head, and how did you approach this conversation to get him on board? >> well, ...

Friends, families. but it doesnt have. maybe all it takes to cut through the uncertainty about vaccines is open ears, common ground and the age old virtue, patience. that is what happened when an unvaccinated man and a doctor met in a bar in florida. as "the washington post" notes, the men talked for hours and listened to each other. and ultimately, that man was convinced to go get his shot. i want to bring in dr. dwayne mitchel, the director of the florida clinical science institute. and the ma...

Long as you administer. and thats what happened. how did that go down? mark, you first, and dr. mitchel, you wrap it up for me. >> i was pushing the envelope. i thought well, you know, hes not really on that side of things, so let me see if i can get myself out of this by going a little too far. you do it, fine, lets do it. and without hesitation, he jumped up, fine, well figure out a way. and you know, there was no back pedaling at that point. i took his hand and did what i said i was going to ...

Friends. youd hear something new every day, and then i started diving in further to protein spikes and the pcr testing and all the other types of stuff surrounding not only the vaccine but the actual covid disease. so its just a lot of all over the place, and a lot of uncertainty which really kind of just made me withdraw, and i was like well, well see how this plays out a little bit. and then maybe well talk more. and low and behold, i met dr. mitchel. >> i found it fascinating, mark, though, t...