A 98% Decrease in Daily COVID Cases (with Céline Gounder)
In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt
Lemonada Media
4.6 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Andy calls up Dr. Céline Gounder, who just wrapped up a two-week rotation at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. They discuss her current COVID patient load compared to a year ago, the city's new vaccine requirements, and her honest assessment of the Biden administration's COVID record. Plus, why trust is so important when we ask people to do things like getting vaccinated for the common good.
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- Learn more about Céline on her website: https://www.celinegounder.com/
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| 0:00.0 | It's CVS Health, they know the women's physical, mental, and sexual health matters. |
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| 0:09.0 | From heart health, blood pressure, and cholesterol screenings available at miniclinic locations, |
| 0:14.0 | to virtual birth control consultations and visits with a board certified provider, |
| 0:18.0 | women's health is it an afterthought. It matters. |
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| 0:27.0 | Lemonada. |
| 0:32.0 | Welcome to the bubble. This is your host, Andy Slavitt. I have with me on the very good show today, Dr. Celine Gounder. |
| 0:45.0 | You might know Dr. Celine Gounder as someone you see in TV quite a bit. She is a doctor in New York. She's an epidemiologist at the Grossman School of Medicine and NYU, |
| 0:56.0 | and also Bellevue. |
| 0:58.0 | You have a great time. |
| 1:01.0 | She's got a couple of great podcasts of her own. As I said, she was a big part of the Biden Transition team. |
| 1:17.0 | We started the conversation by focusing on what's going on in New York. |
| 1:29.0 | The first place in the country where you've got to show your own vaccine card to get anywhere, to get anywhere, even to walk on the sidewalk. |
| 1:39.0 | But to walk into a bar, to walk into a fitness studio, so we'll find a little bit about how that's going. |
| 1:46.0 | You know, Celine tells us something I found fascinating. |
| 1:52.0 | In her hospital, Bellevue, it was pretty hard hit last year when New York was hard hit with COVID. They had 1.600 people with COVID in their hospital at the same time. |
| 2:04.0 | 600. She just did rounds this weekend and she'll tell you how many are there now. But I'll give you four choices for you to guess. |
| 2:12.0 | Okay, 6,000. That's a B6 million C12 D600. |
| 2:25.0 | Okay, you got that. Your choices are A6000. We're talking about how many people are at Bellevue Hospital right now. |
| 2:31.0 | B6 million. If you've never been to Bellevue, it's a pretty big place. |
| 2:35.0 | C12 D600. Okay, write it down, no cheating. And I expect you to get 100% on this test. |
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