You Can Call Him Al

On the heels of Joe Biden announcing that he would be putting together a Coronavirus Task Force, this week’s Al Franken podcast is timely.  His guests are two of the country’s leading experts on health issues -- Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize-winner for her writing on pandemics, and Andy Slavitt, who was President Obama’s head of Medicare and Medicaid.  The three discuss, the possible (if not likely) premature introduction of a Coronavirus vaccine.  as Al puts it, “Garrett and Slavitt examine the erosion of trust in our public health institutions – The Federal Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, and the Department of Health and Human Services under Donald Trump. And the tragic consequences now and in the future.”

By the way, as an addendum of sorts, yesterday Andy Slavitt left the following tweet, in reference to the COVID-19 doctor on the White House team who Trump has grown to like the most for his pushing herd immunity, despite no experience in the field.