Covid’s Mutations & Treatments; The (New) Office with Architectural Digest

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🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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A new report suggests that Covid-19 has mutated into a new, strong strain; former head of the FDA Dr. Scott Gottlieb explains the relationship between virus mutations and increased infectiousness. Adaptive Biotechnologies CEO explains how his company is working on developing coronavirus treatments using human immune systems. Plus, office culture as we know it may change once the pandemic subsides. Features Director at Architectural Digest Sam Cochran discusses building a new normal in the workplace.

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0:00.0	This is Quack Pod. I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer. Today on our
0:05.7	podcast, better testing and possible treatments for COVID-19 from our own bodies,
0:11.2	the CEO of adaptive biotechnologies.
0:14.0	We are generating this massive amount of data on the immune response, not only develop our own
0:19.8	test, but we're opening up this data to the public.
0:24.0	Is the coronavirus mutating into something worse?
0:27.0	Dr. Scott Gottlie joins us.
0:28.6	This virus has undergone genetic drift.
0:30.8	Just because it mutates doesn't mean it's changing in ways that's going to make
0:34.3	it more virulent or more infectious.
0:37.4	And after a pandemic, where will we work? Designing the offices of the future, architectural
0:42.0	digests Sam Cochran.
0:43.4	This is the end of water cooler culture which is a shame but I do think that the sort of shared
0:48.3	coffee pot will be a thing of the past.
0:52.4	It's Wednesday, May 6, 2020, Squawk Pod begins right now.
0:57.0	Good morning everybody.
0:58.0	Welcome to Squawkbox here on C.M.C.
1:01.0	I'm Becky Quick, along with Kernan and Andrew Ron Sorkin.
1:04.0	First up on today's podcast, researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
1:10.0	published a 33- page report recently,
1:12.8	apparently revealing that the coronavirus may be mutating
1:16.5	and could be more contagious.
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