Kids, Covid, & Classrooms; KPMG’s C-Suite Survey

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🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

As students return to physical classrooms, cases of Covid-19 are ticking up among children. The Academy of American Pediatrics President Dr. Lee Savio Beers discusses classroom safety and a timeline for a kids’ vaccine. In a survey of 400 U.S. CEOs, KPMG found that American executives are optimistic about the economy, despite more and more delays to the return to office. Paul Knopp, KPMG U.S. CEO and chair, discusses the c-suite outlook on inflation, hybrid work, and taxation. Plus, August was a big month for the markets.

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:04.0	This is Squack Pod. I'm C. N.C. producer Cameron Costa.
0:08.0	Today on our podcast, 20 years finally at an end.
0:14.0	It was time to end this war.
0:16.0	That might be over, but the pandemic is not.
0:20.0	Kids are heading back to school, COVIDVID cases among them are ticking up and vaccines are still not quite ready for them.
0:28.5	President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Lee Savio Beers.
0:33.8	It never was just a disease for adults,
0:35.6	but now we're seeing so many cases
0:37.4	that we really are seeing the impact on children.
0:40.6	And I don't know about you,
0:42.2	but we're still working from home.
0:44.1	CEOs are pushing back the return to office, but overall it's not all bad news in the
0:50.8	C-suite.
0:51.8	Chair and CEO of KPMG, Paul Knop.
0:54.4	There is a great degree of resilience and I think we're feeling really good about
0:58.0	how the vaccines are responding to the virus.
1:01.3	She has very optimistic about the future.
1:03.4	It's Wednesday, September 1st, 2021.
1:07.4	Squawk Cloud begins right now.
1:09.8	Stand Becky by in three two one cure please
1:15.2	good morning welcome to squawk box here on see nbec.
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