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Desperado: Formula Shortage and TikTok Healthcare

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4.5 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

First: We’ve got some of the biggest headlines this week – an update on the war in Ukraine, Tuesday’s primary elections here in the US, COVID boosters for kids, and a major W for the US women’s soccer team.  Next: The baby formula shortage continues to keep parents up at night. We’ll speak to the US Surgeon General, Dr.Vivek Murthy, about the shortage and hear what the White House, government agencies, and lawmakers are doing to increase supply. ICYMI: After last weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo, we asked an expert about the rise of racially motivated domestic extremism,, and why politicians are now going after social media platforms in the wake of these attacks. Later: Spirit and Frontier airlines were ready to say, “I do”. Then, JetBlue came along and shouted “I object”. We’ll break down the airline love triangle that has antitrust regulators’ heads spinning…in 60 seconds.  Finally: From hot girls with IBS to late-in-life ADHD diagnoses, TikTok has basically become the new WebMD. We’ll speak to a psychiatrist to learn why TikTok has turned into the new doctor’s office.  On this episode, you’ll hear from:  Dr. Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General  Faiza Patel, co-director, Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program Dr. Adeola Adelayo, psychiatrist, Banner Health Behavioral Hospital  Want more Skimm?  Sign up for our free daily newsletter Email us your questions about what’s going on in the news right now  Subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts Skimm'd by Alex Carr, Will Livingston, and Blake Lew-Merwin. Engineered by Andrew Callaway and Elie McAfee-Hahn, with help from Ko Takasugi-Czernowin. TheSkimm’s head of audio is Graelyn Brashear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Schemes.

0:05.2

An alarming baby formula shortage has been keeping parents up at night, and this week

0:10.4

DC finally got the memo, as lawmakers and the White House started to take action.

0:16.7

We spoke to the US Surgeon General to find out when formula is going to be on shelves

0:21.2

again, and what the government can do to make sure this doesn't happen again.

0:26.5

This will certainly prompt a deeper investigation and reflection on what could be done going forward

0:31.5

to ensure that these types of challenges don't stress our system and the way that people

0:35.6

are experiencing right now.

0:37.9

Also on the show, we've got the other big headlines from the week, including the results

0:42.2

from Tuesday's primaries, a big W for equal pay, and an airline love triangle that seems

0:48.6

like it's straight out of Lady Whistle Down's latest pamphlet.

0:52.4

And to wrap things up, if you feel like your whole TikTok for U-Page sounds like this,

0:59.4

you're not alone.

1:00.6

We'll dig into why people consult social media for health advice, and the benefits and

1:05.4

drawbacks of a crowd-sourced physical.

1:08.8

We're here to make you smarter, and the news less overwhelming.

1:12.4

I'm Alex Carr, let's skim this.

1:19.4

Let's start with some headlines from the week's news, and give you some context on why they

1:23.9

matter.

1:24.9

First up, Ukraine's military-seeded control of the strategic port city of Mariopol to

1:30.2

Russia on Tuesday.

1:32.0

On Tuesday, Ukraine evacuated hundreds of soldiers at a steel plant in Mariopol, after

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