The Latest Science of Fighting COVID-19 (with Dr. Scott Gottlieb)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

Lemonada Media

News

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In perhaps the most essential episode of the series, Andy gets a real sense of where we are now in the scientific response to COVID-19 with Dr. Scott Gottlieb, FDA Commissioner under President Trump. In this riveting conversation, they cover the science, the politics, and the policies that got us here and will lead us out. They also discuss the importance of their bipartisanship work together and Scott's forthcoming book, Uncontrolled Spread.

Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt.

Follow Dr. Scott Gottlieb on Twitter @ScottGottliebMD. Check out In the Bubble’s Twitter account @inthebubblepod.

Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium.

Support the show by checking out our sponsors!

Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/
Throughout the pandemic, CVS Health has been there, bringing quality, affordable health care closer to home—so it’s never out of reach for anyone.   Learn more at cvshealth.com.

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

Watch Andy’s interview with Sen. Bill Frist about his book, Preventable: https://www.c-span.org/video/?511975-1/after-words-andy-slavitt#!
Read the study Scott mentioned about repeat infections in Denmark: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00575-4/fulltext
Here’s the latest on the effort to develop a COVID-19 antiviral pill: https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/u-s-pledges-3b-plus-for-covid-19-antiviral-pill-within-a-year
Learn more about the letter Andy and Scott co-wrote last year about contract tracing: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/27/845165404/ex-officials-call-for-46-billion-for-tracing-isolating-in-next-coronavirus-packa
Check out Scott’s book, Uncontrolled Spread: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/uncontrolled-spread-scott-gottlieb?variant=39344420356130
Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/
Order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165

Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.

For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	In the bubbles brought to you by Well Before, where you can get affordable and high quality
0:05.3	medical supplies shipped straight to your door.
0:08.8	It could sometimes be hard to tell which masks are legitimate, KN95s and N95s, but Well
0:14.6	Before has over 40,000 positive customer reviews, and we're recommended by the New York
0:20.4	Times.
0:21.4	They have an extensive selection of masks with different sizes, from kids to larger adults
0:26.8	as well as a multitude of colors.
0:28.5	I've got a bunch of them.
0:30.2	We had them tested.
0:32.0	They're really good.
0:33.2	So go to Well Before, that's W-E-L-L-B-E-F-O-R-E.
0:39.7	.com slash in the bubble, or use code in the bubble for an extra 10% off site wide.
0:48.3	Let me know.
0:53.3	I think we're going to have a surge of infection in the fall.
0:56.8	It's not going to be anywhere near the peak of the last winter.
1:00.9	If you look at the modeling, the modeling is predicting at the peak.
1:03.6	There'll be about 20% of the number of infections that they were at the peak of the January wave
1:09.1	that we saw.
1:10.1	So tens of thousands, 50,000, something like that?
1:14.1	Well, 50,000, 40,000 infections a day.
1:19.6	If you believe the modeling, but it's going to be, as I said, hyper-regionalized, it's
1:23.0	going to be parts of the country where there's very low levels of infection in parts of
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Lemonada Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Lemonada Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.