Vaccines: FDA Approval, Kids Under 12, Boosters & Side Effects Explained (with Mark McClellan)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

Lemonada Media

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Andy and former FDA commissioner Dr. Mark McClellan detail the next big moves in the COVID battle including FDA approvals, what’s happening with clinical trials for kids, boosters, mandates, and what the adverse reporting system really says about vaccine safety. Plus, they discuss the #COVIDSafeZones initiative launched with 30 other public officials. Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt. 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: Read Kayla Chadwick’s article that Andy mentions in today’s episode: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/i-dont-know-how-to-explain-to-you-that-you-should_b_59519811e4b0f078efd98440 Learn more about the plan for COVID-19 booster shots: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0818-covid-19-booster-shots.html Here’s the website for the COVID Collaborative: https://www.covidcollaborative.us/ Read what Andy, Mark, and John Bridgeland wrote about #COVIDSafeZones in Yahoo! News: https://news.yahoo.com/former-government-officials-issue-national-142600426.html PoltiFact debunked a viral TikTok video that claimed VAERS data showed 6,000 deaths from the COVID-19 vaccine: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/09/tiktok-posts/no-truth-vaers-system-shows-6000-died-because-covi/ 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's CVS Health, they know the women's physical, mental, and sexual health matters.
0:05.0	That's why they're offering new women's health services available nationwide seven days a week.
0:09.0	From heart health, blood pressure, and cholesterol screenings available at miniclinic locations,
0:14.0	to virtual birth control consultations and visits with a board certified provider,
0:18.0	women's health is it an afterthought. It matters.
0:21.0	It's CVS Health. Health here happens together. Learn more at CVSHealth.com.
0:27.0	Lemonada.
0:30.0	Lemonada.
0:53.0	Welcome in the bubble. I'm your host Andy Flavitt.
0:58.0	We're going to take a look at what's going on and what's about to happen in some pretty important areas over the next couple of months.
1:07.0	There's a lot of activity relative to just the pandemic alone.
1:12.0	And that activity is going to change the way we do things.
1:16.0	Mark McLelland will be here today. We're going to talk about what some of those things are.
1:20.0	They relate to kids. They relate to schools. They relate to booster shots.
1:24.0	They relate to the FDA. Mark used to run the FDA. He used to run CMS. He's a Republican who I have collaborated with a lot.
1:32.0	And I think you will really learn a lot from this conversation.
1:38.0	So when we asked what's going on, it's I've to admit it's something I've been asking myself with increasing intensity over the last few weeks.
1:50.0	And not really just with respect to COVID-19, but as we zoom out and look at all of the things around us in our world that come at us.
2:02.0	Some of which we really can't touch and feel like what's happening in Afghanistan.
2:08.0	Like what's happening with the climate change, although I think we can all agree that we can touch and feel that one.
2:16.0	It just causes me to want to zoom out a little bit and at some risk of not hitting the points exactly the way that you can relate to them.
2:26.0	I'm going to try my best to communicate a little bit before we start this episode of what it is we're seeing and what it is that it says.
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