Who Should Get a Second Booster? (with Dr. Eric Topol)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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New guidelines from the CDC have people wondering: Just who should get a second COVID booster? In the Bubble favorite Dr. Eric Topol returns to break down who should get boosted, who should get a second booster, and who can wait a bit. They also discuss Eric’s thoughts on where we are in the fight against COVID and what the next frontier of vaccines will look like. Plus, Andy and Eric reflect on Dr. Ashish Jha’s time as the head of the COVID White House task force and look back at what he was able to accomplish.

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0:00.0	Sarah Haley is a gender and women's history professor and a Marguerite KC Foundation
0:05.0	2022 Freedom Scholar who believes that culture is a realm of ideas to which we all contribute.
0:10.2	MCF Freedom Scholars are leaders in academia whose research provides critical insight to
0:14.5	social justice leaders and whose ideas encourage all of us to imagine how we can radically
0:18.7	improve our democracy, economy and society.
0:21.5	To learn more about Sarah and see the full list of 2022 Freedom Scholars, visit the Marguerite
0:26.1	KC Foundation at their website www.kcgrance.org or on social media at KC Grants.
0:33.1	We are going to win. We're not going to lose.
0:36.1	Our planet is at its raking point.
0:38.1	The industry is in denial.
0:40.1	The politicians are selling us out to industry.
0:43.1	CASTIC is the nightmare gift that never stops giving.
0:48.1	Welcome to Lemonada Media's latest series, Discarded in partnership with only one hosted
0:53.1	by me, Gloria Rivera.
0:55.1	Join us on our journey through the past, present and future of Plastic, out now.
1:25.1	This is Andy Slavitt, email me at andiatleminaudimedia.com.
1:32.1	Anytime I love reading your emails, we're welcoming Eric Tobel back to the show today.
1:39.1	Love having Eric on.
1:41.1	We usually have Eric on.
1:42.1	If something is happening in the world of COVID land, something major, generally speaking
1:46.9	Eric is going to be the one to come on the show.
1:48.9	We're going to have a great episode and a great conversation about this.
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