S1E47 / A Very Important Patient / Art Caplan, George Annas, Joel Goldstein

EPIDEMIC with Dr. Celine Gounder

KFF Health News and Just Human Productions

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

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

“What could be more political [than] the determination of whether the president can fulfill the powers and duties of his office.” —Prof. George Annas Earlier this month, President Trump announced that he was COVID-positive and was hospitalized for treatment. Since then, a flurry of questions has been raised about his health, and his ability to lead moving forward. Though COVID is new, this is not the first time a president has been seriously ill while serving in office. On today’s episode of EPIDEMIC, we look to history to see how past presidents have handled their health while in office, and what impacts that had on government and politics. Our guests on this episode are Art Caplan (Professor of Medical Ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine), Joel Goldstein (Emeritus professor of law at St Louis University), George Annas (Professor of Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights at Boston University School of Public Health), and John Feerick (professor of law at Fordham University). 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	What we're really after is not their medical condition that a doctor can make a judgment on,
0:12.0	but whether they're able or not to discharge the powers and
0:15.5	duties of the presidency.
0:17.0	Welcome back to Epidemic, the podcast about the science, public health, and
0:26.6	social impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. I'm your host Dr.
0:30.3	Saline Gounder. On Friday, October 2nd, the United States woke up to startling news.
0:50.0	And good morning, everybody, welcome to today, it's Friday morning. There good morning. And good morning.
0:53.0	There is so much going on.
0:55.0	It's a lot to wake up to.
0:57.0	It's extraordinary.
0:58.0	The President and First Lady have announced that they have both tested positive for the coronavirus.
1:04.0	I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support.
1:07.0	I'm going to Walter Reed Hospital.
1:09.3	I think I'm doing very well, but we're going to make sure that things work out. The first lady
1:14.9	is doing very well. President Trump was flown to Walter Reed National
1:19.2	Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. He stayed there three nights. A small army of doctors
1:24.6	oversaw his care, including an experimental treatment. Millions of Americans
1:29.6	have been infected with the coronavirus this year, but things are different when you're the president.
1:34.6	Presidents of the United States are off in their own zone of crazy when it comes to
1:38.6	VIP care because people just lose it when a president shows up.
1:44.0	And if something were to take a turn for the worse,
1:46.0	questions would arise about who's really in control.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from KFF Health News and Just Human Productions, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of KFF Health News and Just Human Productions and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.