Vaccine Rollout; Russian Hack; Who are you Calling Overweight?

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4 • 494 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Only 5% to 20% of the coronavirus antibody drugs that have been shipped across the U.S. are being used to treat people who are infected according to CNBC’s Senior Health & Science reporter, Meg Tirrell. Former FDA Commissioner, Dr. Scott Gottlieb. says some states may struggle with last-mile logistics of getting therapeutics to patients and administering Covid vaccines. He said “you’re going to see some stark differences in accessibility across the states” as shots become available for Americans who are not health-care workers or residents of long-term care facilities. Multiple government agencies and U.S. companies were infiltrated through software updates from SolarWinds in a massive cyber-attack that’s believed to have been backed by Russia. Theresa Payton, CEO of cybersecurity firm Fortalice Solutions and former White House chief information officer in the George W. Bush Administration, advises all organizations to do a ‘proactive threat hunt’ of data. Plus, an analyst at JPMorgan downgrades United Airlines from overweight to underweight...as Joe Kernen also watches his weight.

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0:00.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm
0:03.4	C. NBC producer Katie Kramer today on our podcast.
0:06.7	Here comes the COVID vaccine. Do we have enough?
0:10.1	The US government has currently purchased 300 million doses from Moderna and from Pfizer,
0:15.6	the two vaccines that have proven to work.
0:17.6	And the massive project of getting shots to millions of Americans, Dr Scott Gottlieb, former FDA chief.
0:23.8	What you're going to see is a tremendous amount of heterogeneity.
0:26.0	Different states doing different things.
0:27.8	Some will prioritize elderly.
0:29.3	Some will prioritize essential workers.
0:31.0	I think most states will do a hybrid of both.
0:33.0	Plus a massive Russian cyber attack that we didn't see coming.
0:37.0	Former White House Chief Information Officer Teresa Payton.
0:40.0	There's only two types of organizations and it's those that have been hacked and those
0:45.0	that don't know it yet.
0:47.0	Those stories today on the podcast and the COVID-19 pounds.
0:52.0	Even when we're not talking about it, we're talking about it.
0:54.6	Can you go from overweight to less overweight? No, that's one of the choices for these analysts.
0:59.4	It's Wednesday, December 16, 2020, sit back, grab a snack.
1:04.8	It's a sausage and egg McMuffin.
1:06.4	Oh my gosh.
1:07.8	Squawk Pot begins right now.
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