In perhaps the most essential episode of the series, Andy gets a real sense of where we are now in the scientific response to COVID-19 with Dr. Scott Gottlieb, FDA Commissioner under President Trump. In this riveting conversation, they cover the science, the politics, and the policies that got us here and will lead us out. They also discuss the importance of their bipartisanship work together and Scott's forthcoming book, Uncontrolled Spread.

 

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Check out these resources from today’s episode: 

 

• Watch Andy’s interview with Sen. Bill Frist about his book, Preventable: https://www.c-span.org/video/?511975-1/after-words-andy-slavitt#!
• Read the study Scott mentioned about repeat infections in Denmark: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00575-4/fulltext
• Here’s the latest on the effort to develop a COVID-19 antiviral pill: https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/u-s-pledges-3b-plus-for-covid-19-antiviral-pill-within-a-year
• Learn more about the letter Andy and Scott co-wrote last year about contract tracing: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/27/845165404/ex-officials-call-for-46-billion-for-tracing-isolating-in-next-coronavirus-packa
• Check out Scott’s book, Uncontrolled Spread: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/uncontrolled-spread-scott-gottlieb?variant=39344420356130
• 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 

 

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