Big Covid Questions, the Nursing Shortage Crisis and a Friend of Pivot on the upcoming Elizabeth Holmes Trial

Pivot

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4.3 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Guest host Dr. Jeffrey Swisher joins for a medical (and Swisher) themed episode. What does full FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine mean for public health? What about antibody treatments? Team Swisher also discusses the nursing crisis, and the Biden Administration’s new plan to lower prescription drug costs. Plus, Friend of Pivot John Carreyou joins to discuss what’s to come in his new Theranos trial podcast, “Bad Blood: The Final Chapter.” You can find Dr. Jeffrey Swisher on Twitter at @jeffreyswisher, and on substack at jeffreyswishermd.substack.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.9	Hi everyone. This is Pivot from New York Magazine in the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:06.9	I'm Cara Swisher. Scott Galway is still out trying to get cast in the Bachelor,
1:10.9	so I'm joined by my brother, Dr. Jeffrey Swisher, chair of the Department of
1:15.9	Anesthesiology at California Pacific Medical Center Jeff. How are you?
1:19.9	I am great. How you doing, Cara? Good. We have a lot to talk about today.
1:23.9	I'm bringing in my brother because many people on Twitter have called for it, really.
1:27.9	I know. I want to thank all my fans on Twitter and doctors, supermanian, in particular,
1:33.9	and several have asked for me to be here. So great. Well, I am only here, not because you're my brother,
1:37.9	because you have a lot of information I need. As you know, I'm stuck in a house with our mom,
1:42.9	because we got near my cousin's partner who had COVID, and here I am.
1:47.9	So I have a lot of questions where we are. I kind of feel like what Donald Jr.
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