Amanpour: Peter Piot, William Cohen, Carol Moseley Braun and Dr. Vivek Murthy

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🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the latest news in the coronavirus pandemic. He says the UK should not be extending the gap between doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. Turning to U.S. politics - Former U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen explains why he and 9 other former defense secretaries are calling on Trump to not use the military in his efforts to overturn the election. Carol Moseley Braun, former Democratic Senator, also weighs in on President Trump's attempts and brands his supporters in Congress 'a cult’. Then our Walter Isaacson speaks to Dr. Vivek Murthy, Biden’s nominee for Surgeon General and the co-chair of his COVID-19 Advisory Board, about how the U.S. is falling very short of it’s vaccination rollout plan. He also explains the mental health crisis being caused by coronavirus and how he plans do deal with it once in office. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Amunfor. Here's what's coming up.
0:09.0	A new year begins, vaccines are rolling out, but experts warn of a tough few months ahead.
0:16.0	I asked the scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus Peter Piot about the logistics
0:21.3	and the politics of mass vaccination.
0:23.7	And at the 11th hour President Trump still trying to overturn his defeat in Georgia
0:29.1	as all 10 living former US secretaries of defense take a stand declaring the election is over.
0:36.4	I speak to one of them veteran Republican William Cohen.
0:39.6	Then, that is a direct attack on our democracy.
0:43.2	The Georgia runoffs will determine the balance of power in America.
0:47.0	And I speak to former Illinois Senator Carol Mosley Braun.
0:50.4	Plus, these effects will be with us for years and years to come.
0:55.0	Dr Vivac Murphy gets ready to return as US Surgeon General.
1:00.0	He talks about the major hurdles ahead with our Walter Isakson. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour in London. A new year always comes with fresh
1:25.9	resolutions and best wishes and perhaps top of the list for 2021 is for an end to the pandemic.
1:33.0	Exactly one year ago today, it all started with a tweet from the World Health Organization,
1:38.0	with China reporting a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan- Hubay Province, an investigation to identify the
1:45.1	cause of the illness. Today, here in the UK, a second COVID-19 vaccine starts
1:51.4	rolling out with this image of the first patient receiving a
1:54.9	dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca shot. So far more than a million Britons have
2:00.3	received the Pfizer Bioentec vaccine.
2:03.0	While at the same time, the UK is in the midst of a vicious resurgence,
2:07.0	a record number of infections, a complete lockdown in Scotland from midnight,
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