

We're powered and distributed by Simplecast. This podcast was created by Just Human Productions. government has to pressure companies to share their vaccine tech and learn about some ideas on how the patent system could be re-imagined to ensure life-saving technology is more equitably distributed. government could do to improve access to vaccines around the world. In this episode we’re going to look at the controversy around patent protections for vaccines during the pandemic and what the U.S. Instead, countries like India and South Africa are calling for a waiver on vaccine patents so they can make their own. We just need to find the political will to invest a bit more money and deploy them around the world." -Chris Morten President Joe Biden said the United States would be the world's "arsenal of vaccines" but critics say current plans to donate 80 million doses around the world are not enough. "It's a triumph of science and engineering that we now have multiple effective COVID vaccines. We're supported, in part, by listeners like you.

And check out Andy Slavitt's podcast, In the Bubble. Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Finally, Celine gives her personal reflections on the pandemic and shares her upcoming podcast projects. Then we hear from you, our listeners, about how the vaccine has changed your life for the better. I think acknowledging that loss is very important." - Andy Slavitt In this final episode of season 1 of EPIDEMIC, we look back on the coronavirus pandemic and how we can move forward with one of our first guests, Andy Slavitt, who was President Biden’s Senior Advisor on COVID-19. "It's a really interesting question: how do we get closure in this pandemic? I think a lot of people have hurt and loss that's not been acknowledged.
