Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb

Middletown CT

06 October, 2021

7:08 AM

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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb whose new book outlines America's epic failure in our response to the pandemic, leading to more than 700,000 deaths. "Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic" examines the inherent flaws at numerous agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that left us vulnerable to the raging pandemic. Dr. Gottlieb says the CDC and other agencies should be re-tooled to conduct more reliable global disease surveillance, since we've been reminded that we can't trust China and other countries to be fully forthcoming. He says emerging therapeutics like Merck's new oral COVID drug will be a game changer for treatment moving forward.