Isaac, what's something that you believe about vet medicine now that you didn't believe, let's say before the pandemic? So six years ago, what are the beliefs that have arisen in you in just the last couple of years?

I've been very involved in organized veterinary medicine, and that has added a lot of purpose to my identity as a veterinarian.

Yeah.

And I absolutely love our profession.

And I see an organization that is doing so much for veterinarians, but I also see a lot of veterinarians that fill a long... unsupported and unheard and we need to do a better job at reaching out i love your uncharted group because it is providing exactly what our profession needs we need to work together we're all in this and we're all working towards the same goal and we're all driven by a deep purpose and a public trust that we should never, ever take for granted.

It's a sacred trust that we have as veterinarians.

This is a privilege for us to be able to practice in this profession.

Isaac, can you unpack that a little bit? Do you agree with that? And if so, help me to make that case to my friend that now is the time that we need to show sort of unity as caregivers, but also that working through organized medicine is the way to do that.