341: Julie Gerberding | Answering Your COVID-19 Questions


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Apr 20 2020 86 mins   9

Julie Gerberding is the former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).


What We Discuss with Julie Gerberding:



  • What makes COVID-19 so uniquely dangerous compared to other diseases and would-be pandemics we've encountered in the past century?

  • Is staying six feet away from other people really safe enough, and will we have to practice social distancing until we get a COVID-19 vaccine?

  • Is the rapid spread of information -- and misinformation -- by way of the Internet more helpful or hurtful to our efforts to contain the spread of the virus?

  • Why did even our most trusted sources -- like the CDC -- initially discourage us from wearing masks and now insist on them for leaving the house?

  • How much does political pressure from a presidential administration affect the job of a CDC director?

  • And much more...


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