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The Daily Beast Podcast

Pfizer’s 5-Day COVID Pills Will Turn This Pandemic Around w/Dr. Eric Topol

The Daily Beast Podcast

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4.68.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Eric Topol tells co-host Molly Jong-Fast how big of a game-changer Pfizer’s upcoming COVID pill pack could be, if Omicron will be the dominant strain, and how we’ll know this pandemic is over. Plus! Co-host Andy Levy explains why he thinks Nancy Pelosi needs to go and Daily Beast media reporter Zach Petrizzo shares reporting about Turning Point USA’s Arizona festival, aka the new CPAC. If you haven't heard, every single week The New Abnormal does a special bonus episode for Beast Inside, the Daily Beast’s membership program. where Sometimes we interview Senators like Cory Booker or the folks who explain our world in media like Jim Acosta or Soledad O’Brien. Sometimes we just have fun and talk to our favorite comedians and actors like Busy Phillips or Billy Eichner and sometimes it's just discussing the fuckery. You can get all of our episodes in your favorite podcast app of choice by becoming a Beast Inside member where you’ll support The Beast’s fearless journalism. Plus! You’ll also get full access to podcasts and articles. To become a member head to newabnormal.thedailybeast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Technology is always advancing and with that comes progress.

0:05.0

But just how secure your devices?

0:07.4

ESET provides proven protection for both home and businesses, with a wide range of

0:11.7

antivirus and cybersecurity solutions so you can relax knowing your cover wherever you

0:16.9

are.

0:17.9

Raided excellent on trust pilot and a which best buy four years running.

0:22.2

When technology enables progress, ESET is here to protect it.

0:25.8

ESET.com.

0:27.3

Progress.

0:28.3

Contacted.

0:29.3

Hi, I'm Molly Johnfast, no relationship to Kim Jong-un.

0:37.2

I'm a left wing pundit and a writer at the Atlantic Envogue.

0:40.8

And I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN Guy and current cable news conscientious

0:46.2

objective.

0:47.2

And I'm producer Jesse Kaden and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off the

0:50.7

rails.

0:51.7

We're here to have fun, smart conversations with the wisest and funniest people in science

0:56.0

and media and politics that help make what's happening today clearer.

1:00.8

Our world has been turned upside down and on the new abnormal we'll talk about the people

1:05.0

who got us into this mess and how we'll hopefully get ourselves out of it.

1:09.1

Say we have a fun festivist celebration podcast and we're going to let out all of our grievances.

1:14.5

Dr. Eric Topel of the Scripps Institute is going to join us to explain what's going

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