A CDC Reversal, Spirit Airlines CEO, & Hood-winked: After the IPO

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4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Covid Delta variant is likely infecting more people than are being recorded, according to former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb. He discusses transmission and hospitalization rates and responds to concerning data from an internal CDC presentation obtained by The Washington Post. Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie considers what the variant data means for leisure travel, and explains why he hasn’t required vaccinations for his own employees or passengers. Scarlett Johansson and Disney are at odds after “Black Widow'' was released in theatres and on Disney+ on the same day. The actor claims the simultaneous push breached her contract, and Disney has fired back at the lawsuit. Plus, in the wake of Robinhood’s public debut, the stock hasn’t quite lived up to its promise--at least, not yet. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm the NBC producer Zach Valise.
0:08.0	Today on our podcast.
0:10.0	The CDC is reporting that the COVID-19 Delta variant can spread as easily as chickenpox and causes more severe infection.
0:18.5	Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on the spread.
0:22.5	I wouldn't be surprised if on a whole we're infecting up to a million people a day right now.
0:27.0	We're just picking up less than a 10th of that.
0:29.9	And what that all means for those long awaited travel plans.
0:33.5	Staying safe in the air with Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie.
0:37.2	We obviously don't have the authority to mandate vaccines for travelers.
0:41.4	We're strongly encouraging all our team members to get
0:43.7	vaccinated for sure. And in the wake of Robin Hood's IPO, some investors didn't
0:49.6	get the warm market welcome they were expecting. Robin Hoodwinged.
0:54.0	Let's come up with something else.
0:56.0	Those stories, plus drama at the box office,
0:59.0	or actually without the box office,
1:01.0	talking about Scarlet Johanson's drama with Disney.
1:04.6	I'm with Scar Joe on this big time. I think I'm with Scar Joe too.
1:08.8	It's Friday July 30th 2021. Squack Pod begins right now.
1:13.7	Stand under by and three, two, one,
1:16.8	Q Andrew.
1:18.3	Good morning and welcome to Squackbox right here
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