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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Lessons Not Learned: America’s Pandemic Response with Dr. Vivek Murthy, Former US Surgeon General

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

GZERO Media

International Relations, Government, Foreign Policy, Gzero World, News Commentary, Trump, News, Global Economy, Geopolitics, Politics, Ian Bremmer

4.6684 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On the latest episode of GZERO World, former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy joins Ian Bremmer to discuss how the Sun Belt states became America’s epicenter in the COVID-19 outbreak, the latest treatments and therapies for the most severely ill, and another pandemic plaguing America in this time of social distancing and isolation—loneliness.

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everybody, all of us, myself included, we want to get out, we want to see people again.

0:04.3

But that's why we need our government to act quickly and effectively to shorten this pain as much as they can.

0:12.5

Hello and welcome to the G0 World Podcast.

0:15.4

Here you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.

0:19.5

I'm Ian Bremmer.

0:20.1

And last week, President

0:21.4

Trump resumed daily coronavirus briefings as outbreaks surged across the nation, particularly in California,

0:28.4

Florida, Texas, and Arizona. As we enter the dog days of summer, there are still so many

0:34.1

unanswered questions about what awaits us this fall. Will schools reopen safely?

0:38.5

Probably not. And how does America get back to work without drowning in a second wave while we're

0:44.7

still on the first? My guest is former Surgeon General Vivek Murphy. We are also talking about

0:50.1

another pandemic, one he believes is just a serious loneliness and how quarantine and social

0:55.9

distancing are impacting mental health in the United States and around the world. Let's get to it.

1:05.1

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1:39.3

Dr. Vivek Murthy, our nation's 19th, Surgeon General.

1:43.8

He's still younger than I am. It kind of annoys me,

1:45.7

but I have to deal with it. So you're in, you live, you're from New York, but you live in Miami now?

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