America’s Public Health Experiment: Federal failures - a podcast by Vox
from 2021-12-21T21:01
In the final episode of our series, America’s Public Health Experiment, Dylan, Dara, and Jerusalem discuss how the CDC and the FDA failed the American public in the early months of the pandemic. Plus, a white paper about excess deaths in the first year of Covid-19.
References: How the experts botched masking advice
Zeynep Tufekci on the case for masks (in March 2020)Inside the Fall of the CDC
Can the CDC be fixed?How the CDC failed to detect Covid early
Scott Gottlieb on CDC versus FDA turf warsThe Government Asked Us Not To Release Records From The CDC’s First Failed COVID Test. Here They Are.
Zeynep Tufekci in the Atlantic: ??The CDC Is Still Repeating Its MistakesDylan Scott on FDA approval of controversial Alzheimer's drug
White paper: Excess Deaths in the United States During the First Year of COVID-19What happened to drug deaths in 2020
Hosts:Dylan Matthews (@dylanmatt), senior correspondent, Vox
Jerusalem Demsas (@jerusalemdemsas), policy reporter, VoxDara Lind (@dlind), immigration reporter, ProPublica
Credits:Sofi LaLonde, producer&engineer
Libby Nelson, editorial adviserAmber Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts
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