Inside the National COVID-19 Plan (with Atul Gawande)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Bob calls up a friend – Dr. Atul Gawande – to bring clarity and empathy to some pretty complicated issues. Atul, a practicing surgeon and bestselling author, recently finished serving on the Biden transition’s COVID-19 task force. Atul discusses the work of the task force, how best to handle vaccines and the schools, and what COVID-19 has taught him about our healthcare system, our politics, and our approach to death and dying.

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Watch President Biden's full address on his COVID-19 response plan: https://youtu.be/JzA37FofhmM
Read President Biden’s National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/National-Strategy-for-the-COVID-19-Response-and-Pandemic-Preparedness.pdf
Watch Anthony Fauci speak at a recent White House press conference, his first under the new Biden administration: https://youtu.be/sFLxkM3xeGw
Learn more about what Atul Gawande and his colleagues are up to at CIC Health: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/24/business/seven-months-ago-cic-health-didnt-exist-today-its-running-states-mass-vaccination-effort/
Learn more about Dr. Bob Wachter and the UCSF Department of Medicine here: https://medicine.ucsf.edu/

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0:00.0	So I got a box in the mail the other day and you know I'm not usually thrilled with the
0:06.7	box usually it's not always for me.
0:08.4	This time it was from well before.com and I obdled up and there were a whole bunch of masks
0:14.4	including what they call their premium 3D Pro KNN-D5 mask which I started wearing when
0:21.4	I was in crowded places and became stable for me during the winter and during the holidays
0:26.4	and with a new variant circulating I don't really want to get COVID I can't take packs
0:31.1	love it so there's also other viruses there's fires all kinds of reasons why having a whole
0:37.2	box of masks around made me really really happy.
0:40.1	So I am always happy when the box shows up as it's now started to do they actually are
0:44.6	sold through a subscription which is kind of a game changer because you can work through
0:49.0	your masks and then you always know that the KNN-D5s are going to show up again.
0:54.7	So thank you well before go to well before that's w-e-l-l-b-e-f-o-r-e.com slash in the bubble
1:02.8	or use the code in the bubble for an extra 10% off site wide.
1:09.2	It's CVS Health they know the women's physical mental and sexual health matters that's
1:13.3	why they're offering new women's health services available nationwide seven days a week.
1:17.7	From hard health blood pressure and cholesterol screenings available at many clinic locations
1:22.2	to virtual birth control consultations and visits with a board certified provider women's
1:26.6	health is it an afterthought it matters.
1:29.9	It's CVS Health Health here happens together learn more at CVS Health dot com.
1:38.1	Lemon out.
1:42.4	Today I am unveiling a national strategy on COVID-19 and executive actions to beat this pandemic.
1:50.4	This plan reflects the ideas I set forward during the campaign and further refined over
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