Pfizer Vaccine Approval with NIH Director

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CNBC

Business News, Investing, Business, News

4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The FDA has fully approved Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine. Director of the National Institutes of Health Dr. Francis Collins explains what this approval might mean for vaccine hesitancy across the country. He also answers questions about vaccine safety for children, as young people prepare to return to school amid an uptick in cases of the Delta variant. Beloved game show Jeopardy! is host-less as the show still searches for Alex Trebek’s successor. Variety’s business editor Cynthia Littleton discusses the money at stake and the show’s long run. Plus, cryptocurrencies are back on the rise, Tropical Storm Henri took out power for thousands along the east coast, and Governor Cuomo has reached his last day on the job.

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:04.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:08.0	Today on our podcast, Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine gains full FDA approval.
0:14.1	Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins.
0:17.4	If you had any doubts about whether the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine
0:21.6	is safe and effective, and most of us haven't had those doubts.
0:24.4	FDA is going to tell us, it seems, that those doubts can be removed.
0:28.8	And the longest final Jeopardy clue ever, Who is the show's new host?
0:34.0	There's significant risk here for Sony pictures.
0:38.0	Jeopardy is a reliable cash engine.
0:41.0	Variety editor Cynthia Littleton, the air is not apparent.
0:46.0	Those stories plus Bitcoin on the upswing and Andrew Cuomo on the move.
0:51.0	Joe Kernan and Kelly Evans have it all covered.
0:54.0	Could you sleep last night or the excitement was because we like to be together.
0:58.0	It's Monday, August 23rd, 2021, Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:05.0	Good Monday morning everybody and welcome to Squawk Box here on
1:07.8	C.
1:08.8	I'm Kelly Evans along with Joe Kern and Becky and Andrew are off today.
1:12.0	Bitcoin topped 50.
1:13.5	Is it still up there?
1:14.5	It was over 50K at some point in the overnight session,
1:17.5	obviously highest since May.
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