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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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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4.63.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

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.

 

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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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