How We’re Doing It Wrong and How to Fix It (with Rajiv Shah)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

Lemonada Media

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Andy calls up Rajiv Shah, who is leading an initiative in the US to fix our pandemic response. Rajiv is president of the Rockefeller Foundation and former head of USAID, where he led the response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa. Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt. Follow Rajiv Shah on Twitter @rajshah and Instagram @drrajivshah. In the Bubble is supported in part by listeners like you. Become a member, get exclusive bonus content, ask Andy questions, and get discounted merch at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/inthebubble/ Support the show by checking out our sponsors! Livinguard masks have the potential to deactivate COVID-19 based on the testing they have conducted from leading universities such as the University of Arizona and the Free University in Berlin, Germany. Go to shop.livinguard.com and use the code BUBBLE10 for 10% off. You can digitally purchase life insurance from Haven Life Insurance Agency at havenlife.com/bubble. Haven Term is a Term Life Insurance Policy (ICC17DTC) issued by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), Springfield, MA 01111 and offered exclusively through Haven Life Insurance Agency, LLC. Policy and rider form numbers and features may vary by state and not be available in all states. Our Agency license number in California is 0K71922 and in Arkansas, 100139527. Check out these resources from today’s episode: Read The New York Times op-ed Rajiv co-wrote entitled “It Has Come to This: Ignore the C.D.C.:” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/opinion/cdc-testing-coronavirus.html Learn more about The Rockefeller Foundation’s COVID-19 response: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/covid-19-response/ Check out these testing guidelines for schools, businesses, and other institutions created by the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation: https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/news/new-report-gives-covid-19-testing-strategies-to-help-americas-communities-open-safely/. Here’s the report from the Duke-Margolis Center Rajiv mentions estimating how much a robust national COVID-19 testing strategy would cost: https://healthpolicy.duke.edu/publications/legislative-and-regulatory-steps-national-covid-19-testing-strategy Are you hoping to vote in the 2020 election? Are you confused about how to request an absentee ballot in your state? This website can help you with that: https://www.betterknowaballot.com/ Pre-order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response, here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165 To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to www.lemonadamedia.com/show/in-the-bubble shortly after the air date. 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We are going to win. We're not going to lose.
0:02.7	Our planet is at its breaking point.
0:04.8	The industry is in denial.
0:06.5	The politicians are selling us out to industry.
0:09.5	Pastake is the nightmare gift that never stops giving.
0:14.6	Welcome to Lemon Outta Media's latest series, Discarded,
0:17.6	in partnership with OnlyOne, hosted by me, Gloria Rivera.
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0:31.0	Hi, In The Bubble listeners, it's Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
0:36.9	I love learning new things and talking to interesting people just like Andy does here on In The Bubble.
0:42.4	In my new podcast, Wise Are The Me, I'm sitting down with the wisest women I could find.
0:47.6	Women like Carol Burnett, Jane Fonda, Darlene Love, Isabelle Ianday,
0:52.7	just to see what they have to teach me about how to live a full and meaningful life.
0:57.8	Tune in to get Wise. Wise Are The Me from Lemon Outta Media is out now,
1:02.5	listen wherever you get your podcasts.
1:24.2	Welcome to In The Bubble. This is Andy Slavitt.
1:27.8	We have an exciting show today, Rajiv Shah, who is the man with the plan.
1:34.2	Rajiv is the president of the Rockefeller Foundation. He formerly ran the USAID,
1:38.3	response to Ebola during the mid-20 teens.
1:42.5	And he has a gigantic plan where he is organizing dozens of states,
1:47.8	manufacturers, the federal government, and others to really change our response to the pandemic.
1:54.0	Largely, as you'll hear using one major tool that he's ramping up aggressively
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