Hi, everyone. Welcome to the A6 and Z podcast. I'm Sonal. We've been covering the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 disease on our other show, 16 minutes, which you can find in a separate feed if you haven't subscribed already. But given that the topic of health system preparedness is top of mind right now, and that the latest

CDC briefing touched on issues with test kits, the patient perspective of how the U.S.

healthcare system works, with clinicians calling the health department, and so on, we're running

last week's episode of 16 minutes in this feed, because in it we covered how these tests work,

how the U.S. healthcare system works today when it comes to epidemics and preparedness and where

we might go in the future. As a reminder, you can visit cdc.gov and who.h.0.i for more

information. But as of now, the World Health Organization reported on February 25th

that for the first time, since the onset of symptoms of the first identified case of COVID-19,

there have been more new cases reported from countries outside of China than from China,

and the CDC reported on February 26th that there's news about community spread,

which means that cases of COVID-19 are appearing without a known source of exposure,

and those communities currently include Hong Kong, Italy, Iran, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.

So that's the latest updates. Now onto last week's episode.

Hi, everyone. Welcome to the 23rd episode of 16 Minutes, our show where we cover the headlines

and what's in the news, what's happening, and tease apart what's hype, what's real, from our vantage

point in tech. I'm Sonal. Today we're doing another update on the topic of coronavirus. We did a deeper dive in

episode 21, which you can find in this feed or on our website at A6NZ.com slash 16 minutes. Much of

that background is still relevant today. But in this episode, we're going to cover two segments.

First, we'll do a high-level overview of some of the practical implications for the U.S.

healthcare system with A6&Z Bio-General partner Julie U.

And then the second segment is a quick situation update from our previous episode with

Judy Savitskaya.

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