What 11 Top Scientists Expect in 2022
In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt
Lemonada Media
4.6 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2021
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
For this special end-of-the-year episode, Andy asked 11 of the top doctors, scientists, and thinkers to look ahead to 2022. They offer up their thoughts on the coming Omicron wave, what scientific breakthroughs they're most excited about in the year to come, how much they expect we'll have to modify our behavior in 2022, what the Biden administration should be focusing on in the coming year, and simply put, if 2022 will be better or worse than 2021. Plus, a conversation with CVS Health’s Tom Moriarty about fighting COVID in the new year and other health care advances we have to look forward to in 2022.
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Check out these resources from today’s episode:
- Read more on Pfizer’s announcement about their clinical trial for a COVID vaccine for kids under age 5: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/17/pfizer-vaccine-young-children-third-shot/
- Check out the latest data on Pfizer’s oral antiviral COVID-19 pill: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/pfizer-says-covid-19-pill-near-90-effective-final-analysis-2021-12-14/
- Read remarks from the WHO’s Director-General on how fast Omicron is spreading, that Tom mentions: https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---14-december-2021
- Learn more about CVS Health’s virtual primary care solution: https://cvshealth.com/news-and-insights/press-releases/cvs-health-launches-first-nationwide-virtual-primary-care-solution
- Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/
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| 1:11.9 | Welcome in the bubble last episode of the year. This is your host Andy Slavitt. |
| 1:18.8 | Thinking back a year ago, what was going on a year ago? A year ago we were |
| 1:25.3 | beginning a pretty severe winter wave here in the United States and we were |
| 1:35.1 | also just getting the first vaccines into people's arms. Now we were all kind |
| 1:42.7 | of thinking that that would be hopefully our last holiday with COVID very, very |
| 1:48.4 | much on our minds and that vaccines would pretend the end of our worry over the |
| 1:54.8 | pandemic. I even had an episode at the end of last year with a number of people |
| 1:59.3 | ranging from Anthony Fauci to Larry Brillian to others and said what do we |
| 2:04.7 | think 2021 will look like? We'll play a little bit of that for you right here. |
| 2:08.9 | My prediction for 2021, it'll come in like a line and go out like a lamb from |
| 2:16.2 | hellish to pre-pendemic-ish. The first few months are going to be unbelievably |
| 2:22.8 | difficult but by the end of the year we are going to have hope and positive |
| 2:28.2 | change and we'll be approximating a new normal. By the time we get to the middle |
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