{"id":18688,"date":"2020-11-23T12:52:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T19:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=18688"},"modified":"2020-11-23T12:52:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T19:52:38","slug":"uncontrolled-covid-and-lawmaking-plans-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/uncontrolled-covid-and-lawmaking-plans-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncontrolled COVID and Lawmaking Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/nmif\/embed\/episodes\/Uncontrolled-COVID-and-Lawmaking-Plans--11-20-20-emp9ci\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"400px\" height=\"102px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on New Mexico in Focus\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Correspondent Megan Kamerick interviews Dr. Tracie Collins, UNM\u2019s current dean of the College of Population Health. Gov. 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