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America Dissected

The Contagion Next Time with Prof Sandro Galea

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.64.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Were we set up to fail? And how does our failure affect the most vulnerable people in society? Abdul reflects on the nature of prevention itself. He speaks with Prof. Sandro Galea, Dean of the Boston University School of Public Health and author of the new book “The Contagion Next Time.” For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/americadissected.

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0:00.0

The decline in COVID-19 cases is leveling off as shots go into children's arms around

0:09.9

the country.

0:11.2

As the proportion of fully vaccinated adults climbs to over 70%, the Biden administration

0:15.7

set a January 4th deadline for vaccine mandates by large companies that said, a federal court

0:20.7

has put a stay on the mandate.

0:22.7

Syphilis is surging in America.

0:24.8

That says a lot about the state of public health funding right now.

0:27.8

This is America Dissective.

0:28.8

I'm your host, Dr. Abdul-Elsaid.

0:30.5

What if I told you I could sell you 5 MRIs for 500 bucks?

0:39.4

That's a steal, by the way, considering the average MRI in America costs thousands of dollars.

0:43.5

You can't sell them, they're non-transferable, but they're there for you in case you need

0:47.1

them.

0:48.1

Would you buy them?

0:49.1

Chances are you wouldn't.

0:50.9

Why?

0:51.9

Because most people don't have a spare $500 to spend on something they don't particularly

0:55.1

need right now.

0:56.1

Let's face it, unless you need an MRI right now, you'll probably assume that you won't

1:00.0

need one anytime soon, let alone 5 of them.

1:03.0

Now let's say you're out playing your favorite sport and you feel a pop in your knee in some

1:06.2

throbbing pain as you hit the ground.

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