COVID Counselor (with Andy Slavitt)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

4.8 • 32.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Interview taped on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. On this week’s episode of Stay Tuned, “COVID Counselor,” Preet answers listener questions about New York Governor Cuomo’s alleged misreporting of COVID deaths in nursing homes, Congressman Bennie Thompson suit against Trump for his role in inciting the January 6th riot, and Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland’s Senate confirmation hearing. Then, Preet is joined by Andy Slavitt, the Biden Administration’s Senior Advisor to the COVID-19 Response Coordinator. In the Stay Tuned bonus, Slavitt discusses the United State’s role in international COVID vaccine aid, and why the Trump administration didn’t buy enough vaccines for every American. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/covid-counselor-with-andy-slavitt/ Listen to the first five episodes of Doing Justice, Preet’s new free six-part podcast based on his bestselling book of the same name. You can hear Preet’s incredible stories from his time as U.S. Attorney on Apple Podcasts (apple.co/doingjustice), Spotify (spoti.fi/3p9Xwja) or wherever you get your podcasts. To listen to Stay Tuned bonus content, become a member of CAFE Insider at: CAFE.com/Insider Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis by Elie Honig, and features by CAFE staff: CAFE.com/brief As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is produced by CAFE Studios. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; Editorial Producers: David Kurlander, Noa Azulai, Sam Ozer-Staton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:56.9	welcome to stay tuned. I'm Pete Barara. You do know the people that are dying. They're
1:04.8	the people picking your food. They're the people driving your food to the warehouse.
1:08.3	They're the people packing your food and bringing it to your grocery store. You may not
1:12.0	know their names, but believe me, they're part of your life.
1:21.2	That's Andy Slabit. He's a senior advisor for the Biden administration's COVID-19
1:25.5	Response Team and has had a critical role these last couple months in rolling out the
1:29.4	vaccine. This is Andy's first time working in the White House. He served as the acting
1:33.9	administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or CMS during the final
1:38.3	two years of the Obama administration. And before that, he was part of the team that
1:42.4	resuscitated the once failing website, healthcare.gov. Last February, just as the first cases
1:48.4	of COVID were appearing in the US, Andy launched the hashtag Stay Home campaign to encourage
1:53.5	people to distance themselves. He came on Stay Tune about a month later on March 25th
1:58.8	to discuss the impact COVID would have. Almost one year and 500,000 tragic deaths later.
2:05.3	Here we are. And he joins me today to talk about the vaccine rollout, Biden's leadership,
2:10.4	and how we got to this tragic point. That's coming up. Stay tuned.
2:20.9	Now let's get to your questions. This question comes in an email from Emily. Hi,
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