The FDA Commissioner on Boosters & Vaccines for Kids (with Dr. Janet Woodcock)
In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt
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🗓️ 20 September 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
As we await the FDA’s final decision on booster shots, Andy talks with the person tasked with making the final determination: Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock. Only on In the Bubble will you get a chance to hear how she’s approaching this decision, how close we are to vaccines for kids under 12, and more from the person in charge at the Food and Drug Administration.
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Check out these resources from today’s episode:
- Read more about the FDA advisory panel’s decision to recommend boosters for people over 65 and others at high risk: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/us/fda-pfizer-booster-covid.html
- Check out the latest FDA info about COVID-19: https://www.fda.gov/emergency-preparedness-and-response/counterterrorism-and-emerging-threats/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19
- Here is The Lancet article written by two departing FDA regulators who oppose boosters: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02046-8/fulltext
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| 0:00.0 | Mental health challenges are affecting people in the US at high levels, particularly among |
| 0:05.0 | adolescents. |
| 0:06.0 | At CVS Health, mental health is just as important as physical health. |
| 0:11.0 | That's whether making mental, well-being services more accessible, less complicated, more |
| 0:15.4 | convenient, and more inviting. |
| 0:18.0 | CVS Health is doing this by creating new programs, encouraging care to discussions, and providing |
| 0:23.2 | increased access to digital tools and telehealth services. |
| 0:27.0 | CVS Health is there to help. Learn more at CVS Health.com. |
| 0:57.0 | Welcome to the bubble. I'm your host Andy Slavitt, and we have a fascinating show today. |
| 1:05.0 | On Friday, the F.D. Advisory Committee met to discuss whether or not to prove boosters, |
| 1:11.6 | and that decision now sits in the hands of one person. |
| 1:15.8 | That one person is Janet Woodcock, the acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. |
| 1:22.2 | She does not do a lot of press, but she came on in the bubble today. She's on today's show. |
| 1:29.2 | So, we are newthemakers, and you're going to really find this, I think, to be interesting. |
| 1:35.2 | There's only so much she can say. She doesn't reveal her decision on the show, so don't listen |
| 1:40.8 | for that. |
| 1:41.8 | But I do want you to hear a couple things. I want you to hear how she thinks about making |
| 1:44.9 | this decision. And I want you to hear about how she thinks about other decisions that |
| 1:50.3 | they've got to make, including the data that's just going to be coming out today and tomorrow |
| 1:55.6 | around kids. We're going to see data which suggests how kids 5 and 11 are doing on the vaccines |
| 2:01.7 | and the dose of the vaccine. And the word that we have is that it's going to be quite positive. |
| 2:08.3 | I try to push her a little bit as to when the decision would get made based on the submissions. |
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