Vaccines: FDA Approval, Kids Under 12, Boosters & Side Effects Explained (with Mark McClellan‪)‬ In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

Andy and former FDA commissioner Dr. Mark McClellan detail the next big moves in the COVID battle including FDA approvals, what’s happening with clinical trials for kids, boosters, mandates, and what the adverse reporting system really says about vaccine safety. Plus, they discuss the #COVIDSafeZones initiative launched with 30 other public officials.

 

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Read Kayla Chadwick’s article that Andy mentions in today’s episode: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/i-dont-know-how-to-explain-to-you-that-you-should_b_59519811e4b0f078efd98440
Learn more about the plan for COVID-19 booster shots: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0818-covid-19-booster-shots.html
Here’s the website for the COVID Collaborative: https://www.covidcollaborative.us/
Read what Andy, Mark, and John Bridgeland wrote about #COVIDSafeZones in Yahoo! News: https://news.yahoo.com/former-government-officials-issue-national-142600426.html
PoltiFact debunked a viral TikTok video that claimed VAERS data showed 6,000 deaths from the COVID-19 vaccine: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/aug/09/tiktok-posts/no-truth-vaers-system-shows-6000-died-because-covi/
Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/ 
Order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165 

 

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