Covid Treatments & Emergency Use Approvals; Debating to Convince “The Undecideds”

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🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Regeneron and Eli Lilly have both asked the FDA to grant their experimental Covid-19 antibody treatments emergency use approval. President Trump, who received Regeneron’s antibody cocktail in his own coronavirus treatments, is urging regulators to approve them for widespread use. CNBC’s Meg Tirrell breaks down the journey ahead for the treatments with Joe, Becky, and Andrew. Pollster and political strategist Frank Luntz discusses how the 6% of American voters who remain undecided responded to the Vice Presidential debate. Plus, activist investor Dan Loeb is asking Disney to bet even bigger on Disney+.

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0:00.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm CianBsee producer Katie Kramer today on our podcast.
0:06.0	The push for emergency use approval for COVID-19 therapeutics from Eli Lilly, Regeneron and President
0:12.1	Trump himself.
0:13.2	There's a lot of questions still, but reason for hope, I think.
0:15.9	We need hope at this point.
0:18.2	And last night's only meeting of the Vice Presidential nominees,
0:21.1	Mike Pence, and Kamala Harris.
0:22.6	We're about freedom and respecting the freedom of the American people.
0:25.4	Let's talk about respecting the American people.
0:27.4	Polster Frank Luntz on what the few remaining undecided voters think at this stage of the campaign. Undecided voters, and they only represent 6% of America.
0:36.0	They're looking at the total candidate.
0:39.0	What they are doing is watching to see whether or not they can trust that individual and Mike Pence did
0:44.0	extraordinarily well in that. Plus more virtual debate drama for the next one if
0:49.4	there is one. We've had problems you know just criss-crossing this way. I can't imagine what we do it.
0:56.4	But that's going to be like remotely.
0:58.4	It's Thursday, October 8, 2020, Squad Hot begins right now.
1:03.0	Good morning everybody.
1:05.0	Welcome to Squawk Box right here on C.
1:07.0	I'm Becky Quick along with Joe Kernan and Andrew Ross Sorkin
1:10.0	and it's good to see you this morning.
1:12.0	First up on today's podcast, the President's Treatments for coronavirus and their implications
1:18.0	on Wall Street.
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