Love Twitter Tender 4/18/22

Squawk Pod

CNBC

Investing, Business News, News, Business

4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter has prompted questions about his own financial liquidity, and free speech on the platform. While Wall Street is eyeing Musk’s offer, Musk is bringing the entire Twitter board under scrutiny, calling out their online presence and potentially suggesting that the platform’s power rest with shareholders, instead of the board. The World Health Organization maintains that the Covid-19 pandemic is still very much underway, but governments in the U.S. and in China are handling the continued outbreaks very differently. Dr. Kavita Patel, former White House health policy director, unpacks the CDC’s new guidance on Covid safety in the U.S., which emphasizes personal choice over mandates. Plus, in other health news, fried foods are trending up on American menus. In this episode: Dr. Kavita Patel, @kavitapmd Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm the NBC producer Katie Kramer today on Squawk Pod.
0:08.0	It's your call.
0:10.0	New COVID guidance from the CDC pivots to personal responsibility.
0:14.2	Dr. Kavita Patel on the latest treatment options if you do get it.
0:17.6	I think what we're saying here now is we're not trying to avoid it.
0:20.8	We're just trying to make sure that we don't have the most negative effects
0:25.0	from the illness. That's really what you're hearing.
0:28.0	As the Twitter turns, Elon Musk's attempt to buy the social media platform.
0:32.0	Is 54 bucks a fair price? On Musk's attempt to buy the social media platform,
0:32.8	is 54 bucks a fair price.
0:34.9	50-420.
0:36.3	54-20.
0:37.3	And the hints about strategy he may be slipping into tweets
0:41.1	with Elvis lyrics.
0:42.4	Will you love me tender today
0:44.0	because it's just the two of us?
0:45.0	I love you tender every day.
0:47.0	All right.
0:48.0	Plus, you want fries with that?
0:50.0	The one thing that you can measure is the fry attachment rate. The number of orders at a fast food restaurant that includes give me fries too.
0:59.0	It's Monday, April 18, 2022, Squawk Pod begins right now.
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