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The Al Franken Podcast

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

This COVID-19 pandemic is arguably the greatest global crisis since World War II. Since the coronavirus hit, Al has been talking with guests about the various aspects of this horrible scourge. To date, guests include:

Andy Slavitt, former head of Medicare/Medicaid;

Austan Goolsbee, former Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisors;

Dr. Leana Wen, former president of Planned Parenthood; and

Michael Lewis, author of the Fifth Risk.

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0:08.7	Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, host of Wondery's Podcast American Scandal.
0:12.7	Our newest series looks at the trial of the Chicago Seven, a case involving protests of
0:17.3	the Vietnam War and the legal fight that became a referendum on the soul and future of
0:22.0	America.
0:23.0	Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	This COVID-19 pandemic is arguably the greatest national and worldwide crisis since World
0:37.0	War II.
0:38.0	So of course, once the coronavirus hit, I've been talking to guests about the various aspects
0:43.3	of this horrible scourge.
0:45.6	For instance, Larry Brilliant, an epidemiologist who is part of the team at the World Health
0:50.3	Organization that successfully eradicated smallpox from the face of the earth.
0:56.0	Larry talks about the fallout from CDC's failure to come up with a viable test right
1:01.9	at the start.
1:02.9	All of the immune tests that have passed through the CDC, I think but one, have not been
1:08.8	CDC approved.
1:11.4	They have been CDC allowed by emergency use, decorations, or compassionate use.
1:17.8	That means that instead of the FDA approving them, the FDA has accepted a certificate saying,
1:25.6	yes, I've tested my own thing.
1:28.2	So the market has been flooded by immunological tests that are not very good.
1:35.8	And it's a wild west out there.
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