Here Come the Vaccines Again! (with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

Lemonada Media

News

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

As vaccine distribution continues to ramp up around the country, Andy calls up Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear to understand how it’s all working on the ground in a state like Kentucky. Listeners have a chance to get “in the bubble” with Andy and Governor Beshear to hear their candid conversation about leading through this challenging moment, as well as how best to support communities as we work together to end the pandemic. Dr. Lisa is joined by Cara McNulty of Aetna and CVSHealth to talk tactics for reaching people in communities for their health care needs. Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt. Dr. Lisa is on Twitter @askdrfitz. Follow Governor Beshear on Twitter @GovAndyBeshear. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. Support the show by checking out our sponsors! Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/ Throughout the pandemic, CVS Health has been there, bringing quality, affordable health care closer to home—so it’s never out of reach for anyone.   Learn more at cvshealth.com. Check out these resources from today’s episode: Learn more about the NFL’s COVID protocols for the 2021 season: https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/nfl-covid-rules-could-mean-forfeits-fines-unvaccinated-outbreaks Read about Kentucky’s “1-2-3 No Cost to Me” campaign to get more people of color enrolled in health coverage: https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2020/08/11/state-launches-effort-get-health-coverage-black-hispanic-folks/3343542001/ Learn more about CVS HealthHUBs: https://www.cvs.com/content/health-hub Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/ Order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165 Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	In the bubbles brought to you by Well Before, where you can get affordable and high quality
0:05.3	medical supplies shipped straight to your door.
0:08.8	It could sometimes be hard to tell which masks are legitimate, KN95s and N95s, but Well
0:14.6	Before has over 40,000 positive customer reviews, and we're recommended by the New York
0:20.4	Times.
0:21.4	They have an extensive selection of masks with different sizes from kids to larger adults
0:26.8	as well as a multitude of colors.
0:28.5	I've got a bunch of them.
0:30.2	We had them tested.
0:32.0	They're really good.
0:33.2	So go to Well Before, that's w-e-l-l-b-e-f-o-r-e.com slash in the bubble or use code in the
0:42.9	bubble for an extra 10% off site wide.
0:48.9	Lemonada
1:12.6	Welcome in the bubble.
1:13.6	I'm your host Andy Slavitt.
1:16.6	I want to start out before we get to our interview by talking about optimism.
1:22.9	And I've seen a few comments on Twitter recently to the effect of Andy is a little too optimistic
1:31.4	for me.
1:33.0	And some of that came through after the interview with Mike Ostrohom, who I described as
1:40.2	pessimistic or negative relative to me, but just in the way he communicates.
1:46.9	And some people responded and said, no, that's not negative, that's realism.
1:52.2	And it made me think that people are a little bit wired despite circumstances into this
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Lemonada Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Lemonada Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.