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Unger: Hello, this is the American Medical Association s COVID-19 update. Today, we re addressing how one state is successfully approaching vaccine allocation and distribution. I m joined today by Dr. Tracy Collins, the New Mexico s health secretary. Dr. Collins joined the governor s cabinet from the College of Population Health at the University of New Mexico, where she served as dean. She assumed her new role in mid-December and is responsible for New Mexico s COVID-19 vaccination program. She s calling in from Albuquerque. And Dr. David Scrace is the New Mexico Human Services Department cabinet secretary. Dr. Scrace has been the governor s right-hand person since the pandemic began. And he s calling in from Santa Fe, New Mexico. I m Todd Unger, AMA s chief experience officer in Chicago.