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Dr. Fauci on What the Vaccine News Means

Dr. Fauci on What the Vaccine News Means

FromPrognosis: Losing it


Dr. Fauci on What the Vaccine News Means

FromPrognosis: Losing it

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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Nov 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

It’s taken less than a year for scientists to develop what appears to be an effective vaccine against the coronavirus. Drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech delivered dazzling preliminary results in a large patient trial this month, and just today Moderna announced that its vaccine also looks extremely effective. But creating a vaccine is only part of the challenge. Jason Gale spoke with top US infectious-disease doctor Anthony Fauci about another impediment to a successful vaccination strategy: people not wanting to take it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Nov 16, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

For much of human history, we’ve turned to diets to lose weight and improve our health. But it’s mostly been in vain. No matter how much the number on the scale drops begins to go down, chances are that the weight will come back. That’s just what the science says. But when it comes to weight, the facts just don’t seem to matter. Losing It, a new series from Bloomberg’s Prognosis, looks at how we got weight loss so wrong — and whether there’s a better way forward.