Not Your Average Joes

An "average Joe" is often described as "an ordinary person without anything exceptional about them."

When it comes to two Houston-based doctors - Dr. Joseph Gathe, Jr. and Dr. Joseph Varon - referring to them as "average Joes" should be considered a huge slap in the face, because when it comes to these two gentlemen, they're not your "average Joes" by any stretch of the imagination. So many doctors, nurses and members of medical staffs across this country are putting their lives on the line to help save the lives of others and are doing their part to help make a difference in the lives of patients that have been impacted by the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Gathe and Dr. Varon are both infectious disease doctors and have been on the frontlines addressing the COVID-19 epidemic. Their stellar work has been highlighted by many major news outlets, elected officials and even celebrities.

Dr. Gathe, who was born in St. Louis, Missouri, has a storied history in the Greater Houston area. Not just because of the impact his family has had in the area of medicine generationally in the Greater Houston area, but because of his own personal reputation as being one of the only specialists in the Greater Houston area to tackle and treat the HIV/AIDS virus from the very early days of it becoming a major epidemic in the U.S., particularly amongst Black people.

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