(Vaccine) Jabs at the White House

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🗓️ 18 December 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Vice President Mike Pence received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in a televised appearance today in an effort to boost public confidence in its effectiveness. President-elect Joe Biden could be vaccinated as soon as next week. As the country awaits final approval for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb raises concerns about the shot supply and volume. CNBC's Meg Tirrell explains the imminent vaccine rollouts that could keep the U.S. on target for its distribution goals. Plus, Jim Cramer joins Joe Kernen and Andrew Ross Sorkin in a Friday chat about resisting social temptation in the pandemic and taking on ConEd in the wee hours.

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0:00.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm Sand to see producer Katie Kramer. Today on our
0:05.9	podcast Jabs, vigilance, and patience. Vice President Mike Pence received
0:11.6	his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television.
0:16.1	The Pfizer Biotech vaccine, the first shots produced and distributed across the country,
0:22.2	but will there be as many as we hope?
0:24.0	See NBC's Meg Turrell.
0:25.0	They're talking about being able to immunize 20 million people between Pfizer and
0:28.8	Moderna by the end of December, and we'll just have to see if the numbers of doses going out will actually
0:34.4	make that possible. I mean it's not like we're not in a hurry here.
0:37.4	Dr Scott Gottlieb on what the US needs and when. I think they should be leaning
0:42.2	forward and trying to get more
0:43.4	vaccine into the market right now because we know a shot today is probably more
0:47.6	valuable to a patient than is shot three weeks from now. And our own Squock
0:51.8	team battling social temptations.
0:54.4	I'll wave to you Andrew when I leave.
0:56.2	Don't get close to me.
0:57.2	An elbow pump, come on.
0:58.8	And taking on technical difficulties.
1:00.9	I've been running around the house trying to figure out how to fix this situation.
1:04.0	Really? Really? Really?
1:05.0	It's Friday, December 18th, 2020, Squack Pot begins right now.
1:10.0	Good morning and welcome to Squawk Box here on
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