S1E11 / Surviving COVID / David Lat

EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

KFF Health News and Just Human Productions

Science, #Coronavirus, Health & Fitness, #Smallpox, Documentary, #Covid19, #Sarscov2, #Eradication, Life Sciences, Society & Culture, #Covid, Medicine

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

"The other point I made about ventilators is, they're not a panacea. Many patients don't survive them, but I don't think that reduces their importance. I think, if anything, the fact that many patients don't survive means we need to make sure that as many patients as could benefit from them actually get them. I hope that one thing we get out of this crisis is enough of a supply so that, if and when we have a future pandemic like this, we are ready." –David Lat, COVID-19 survivor In today’s episode, Ron Klain and Dr Celine Gounder speak with David Lat, a 44-year-old legal journalist who endured days unconscious on a ventilator to survive COVID-19. Still on a path to recovery, he shares his experience and the impact the disease has had on his family and his career, and how he is making a contribution to research going forward. This episode also includes a first-hand account from a frontline healthcare provider in Michigan, Dr. Scott Regenbogen who candidly discusses how doctors are preparing for potentially very difficult decisions in the weeks ahead. This podcast was created by Just Human Productions. We're powered and distributed by Simplecast. We're supported, in part, by listeners like you. #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus

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0:00.0	I'm Dr. Saline Gounder and I'm Ron Klayne. And this is epidemic.
0:07.0	I'm Dr. Saline Gounder.
0:10.0	And I'm Ron Klayne.
0:12.0	And this is epidemic. Today is Tuesday, April 14th.
0:21.5	Every day we read tragic accounts of people being lost to COVID-19, over 10,000
0:27.1	Americans last week and probably the same number or more this week as well.
0:31.6	Many of us have friends or loved ones who have been lost. But in the
0:35.8	midst of all the sadness there are other stories too. COVID survivor stories and
0:40.8	we're going to hear one today from a prominent journalist who endured days unconscious on a ventilator and survived to talk about it.
0:50.0	He'll tell us about his experience, its impact on his family, on his career, and his contribution
0:56.8	to research on the disease as a result of his illness.
1:01.3	In this episode, you'll also hear from a surgeon and health administrator in Michigan
1:05.2	who's been contending with the next wave of COVID as the virus has spread from the coasts into the middle of the country.
1:13.0	We're delighted to be joined on the podcast by David Latt.
1:17.0	I often say that as the lawyer on this podcast,
1:20.0	I rarely get to have very high-profile legal guests on a medical podcast.
1:25.0	So it's a special pleasure to have David.
1:27.0	He's one of the nation's most well-regarded legal writers.
1:30.0	He was the founding editor of Above the Law.
1:33.0	His book, a Supreme Ambitions, a novel was described by the New York Times as the most buzzed about novel of the year among legal elites.
1:40.0	He's a former federal prosecutor, a law clerk on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and by the way you can find him at David Latt on Twitter.
1:49.0	David, welcome to the show.
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