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When IS Post Corona, anyway? Part 2 - Turning the Corner

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How will we know when we actually arrive at the Post-Corona phase? This is the second part of a two part conversation on this question, the first of which was when we looked at Israel (Vaccination Nation).

Today, we’ll talk about the US — when we will arrive at post-corona and what is standing in our way? To help us understand what is happening in the US, we welcome Scott Gottlieb, who served as the 23rd commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Gottlieb is currently on the boards of Pfizer and Illumina and a special partner with the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates.

As we post this podcast, the US has vaccinated about 7.6 percent of our population, The UK is at 11.7%. Canada and Germany are hovering around 2.5 percent, France is at 1.7 percent, and Israel is at Over 50%.

Scott and I have been talking, and he has laid out a pretty interesting take on how we’ll quickly hit a tipping point on vaccinations, when we won’t have a vaccine supply problem, but a consumer demand problem, meaning not enough people lining up for the vaccine.

Scott also has insights into the new variants, what a gradual post-corona return to normalcy could look like, and perhaps most concerning - what we have learned about future national security risks from viruses as bio-weapons?

Host:
Dan Senor

Discussion (1)

  • OwnedByDogs@JuliaBlaschke

    Every couple of days I get an email from my Congressman or our idiot governor, telling me they will get around to my group, 1b and a half of something .... later. I am 63 with several health conditions. My husband is an essential worker who has worked right through and is 66. We are waiting, waiting. But this is Virginia where people elected a racist and a rapist so they are too busy renaming schools or something.