The Coronavirus: A Doctor Weighs In
City Journal Audio
Manhattan Institute
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🗓️ 11 March 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Physician Joel Zinberg joins Brian Anderson to discuss the global coronavirus epidemic, public-health efforts to contain the virus's spread, America's medical supply-chain vulnerabilities, and more.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, have been identified in more than half of U.S. states. Globally, the number of coronavirus cases exceeds 100,000. "The New York experience to date suggests," writes Zinberg, "that the disruptions this new virus causes—particularly to the availability of medical care, for any condition—may be more dangerous than the illness that it causes."
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Tem Blocks podcast. This is Brian Anderson, the editor of City Journal. |
| 0:05.4 | Coming up on today's show, I'll be joined by Dr. Joel Zimberg to discuss what's what everybody's |
| 0:10.6 | been talking about lately, the infectious disease spreading around the world that we're all calling |
| 0:16.0 | the coronavirus. Dr. Zimberg is an associate clinical professor of surgery at the Mount Sinai Hospital here in New York, |
| 0:23.8 | and he was until recently General Counsel and Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers, |
| 0:29.7 | where he specialized in health policy. He's been a regular contributor to City Journal for several years now, |
| 0:35.9 | and we're excited to have him on the podcast, |
| 0:38.8 | though I wish it were under better circumstances. We'll take a quick break, and we'll be back |
| 0:43.7 | with Joel Zinberg. |
| 1:02.0 | Thank you. Hello again, everyone. This is Brian Anderson, the editor of City Journal. Joining me in the studio today is Dr. Joel Zimberg. He's an associate clinical professor |
| 1:07.0 | of surgery at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, and he's written a couple of dozen |
| 1:10.8 | essays or pieces for City Journal over the years. His most recent writings for us are about the |
| 1:17.0 | coronavirus outbreak, so we're grateful that he could join us in the studio to give us some clarity |
| 1:22.6 | about the current situation. Joel, thanks again for joining us. You're very welcome. First, it seems that |
| 1:30.7 | we're getting, of course, updates on this story every hour or so. So we're recording this, |
| 1:39.3 | and listeners should understand this on Tuesday, March 10th, and we'll be releasing the episode tomorrow on the 11th. |
| 1:46.5 | What's your assessment of the latest situation with the virus outbreak, as you understand it, |
| 1:52.2 | in the United States? |
| 1:53.9 | So the virus that you're referring to, this new coronavirus, emanated from China back in December. It's related to two other coronaviruses |
| 2:05.0 | that previously had jumped from animals to humans. Those were SARS and MERS. And it seems to be |
| 2:14.6 | a easily transmissible virus. It spread rapidly in China and now has spread to over |
| 2:22.2 | 100 places around the world, including the United States. What we found is that about 80% or more |
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