FDA Authorizes First Pill In U.S. To Treat Covid

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The White House Coronavirus Task Force just finished meeting as cases surge and Omicron takes over. But, this afternoon, a possible game changing pill has been approved by the FDA. As Democratic Senator Joe Manchin faces criticism from his own party, there is a new, very public push by the country’s top Republican lawmaker for Manchin to switch sides. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jim Shudot here again today, a newly approved pill a day could keep severe COVID away.
0:08.0	The lead starts right now.
0:10.4	The COVID Task Force just finished meeting as cases surge and Omicron takes over, but this
0:16.0	afternoon, a possible game changer gets the okay from the FDA.
0:22.1	Possibly positive, Omicron clues from the country where the variant was first found, cases
0:27.6	already dropping in South Africa.
0:30.5	Why is that?
0:31.5	We're going to speak live with an expert there.
0:33.6	Plus, as Democratic Senator Joe Manchin faces criticism from his own party, there's a new
0:38.2	push, very public one, by the country's top Republican lawmaker for Manchin to switch
0:43.4	sides.
0:46.4	And welcome to the lead.
0:50.1	I'm Jim Shudot in for Jake Tapper.
0:52.0	We begin with breaking news in our health leave.
0:55.3	A moment ago, the White House COVID response team wrapped up its meeting highlighting today's
1:00.2	big news from the FDA, authorization of the first antiviral pill for COVID patients.
1:06.9	It could not come at a better time.
1:09.4	Look at the timeline.
1:10.4	It took the Delta variant about two months to become the dominant variant in the U.S.
1:15.0	How long did it take Omicron?
1:17.0	Two weeks.
1:18.0	It now already accounts for 90% of new cases and several regions of the U.S.
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