Omicron in the US: What You Need to Know (with Scott Gottlieb)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Andy digs into the latest science behind Omicron with former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. They discuss what we know about the origin of Omicron, how it's likely to play out in the US, and if we'll need an Omicron-specific vaccine. It's still early, but Andy and Scott have you covered with the most up-to-date information out there about this new variant and the risk it poses. Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt. Follow Scott @ScottGottliebMD on Twitter. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. Support the show by checking out our sponsors! Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/ Throughout the pandemic, CVS Health has been there, bringing quality, affordable health care closer to home—so it’s never out of reach for anyone.   Learn more at cvshealth.com. Check out these resources from today’s episode: Watch Dr. Fauci’s full interview about Omicron on State of the Nation: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/12/05/fauci-full-12-5.cnn Learn more about the Omicron outbreak in Tshwane, South Africa, as mentioned by Scott: https://www.samrc.ac.za/news/tshwane-district-omicron-variant-patient-profile-early-features Read more on the coming oral antivirals from Merck and Pfizer and what they mean with Omicron looming: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/science/merck-pfizer-covid-pill-treatment.html Check out Scott’s book, Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/uncontrolled-spread-scott-gottlieb?variant=39344420356130 Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/ Order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165 Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Lemonade.
0:32.0	Clearly in South Africa, Amicron has a transmission advantage because if you look at the number of cases now,
0:43.0	they were very much at a low level, then they had almost a vertical spike upwards,
0:48.0	which is almost exclusively Amicron.
0:51.0	Thus far, though it's too early to really make any definitive statements about it, thus far it does not look like there's a great degree of severity to it,
1:00.0	but we really got to be careful before we make any determinations that it is less severe or really doesn't cause any severe illness comparable to Delta.
1:10.0	But thus far the signals are a bit encouraging regarding the severity.
1:15.0	But again, you got a whole judgment until we get more experience.
1:36.0	Welcome to the bubble. This is Andy Slavitt.
1:39.0	If December and time to bring you another podcast about the latest Greek letter in the alphabet,
1:46.0	we have a great conversation today with Scott Gottlieb, who many of you know and you're going to want to listen to.
1:53.0	The clue we just heard was from Tony Fauci.
1:57.0	I think that the question of the moment and there are many of them, what is the Amicron variant going to look like when it hits real people?
2:09.0	Let's just to review some of the bidding, which we're going to get into with Scott.
2:14.0	There is a case that I talked about on Monday that Tony here just reiterated,
2:21.0	which is that we could we be dealing with virus that affects people more mildly than past viruses that would be delightful if it were the case.
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