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COVID Lessons Learned with Donald G McNeil Jr.

2024/1/8
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Donald G. McNeil Jr.: COVID-19已成为地方性疾病，类似流感，但疫苗接种仍很重要。疫情早期信息混乱导致公众困惑，科学家观点会随着事实变化而改变。美国社会存在反精英主义情绪，加剧了对科学家的质疑和不满。关于病毒起源的实验室泄漏理论尚无定论，需要更多证据。取消疫苗接种的宗教豁免，因为这会危及公共健康。COVID-19疫情使美国社会更加分裂，而非团结一致对抗共同敌人。疫苗是应对COVID-19疫情中最有效的措施，而错误信息是造成大量死亡的主要原因。应对缓慢发展的疫情，需要解决全球贫困和降低药品价格等问题。艾滋病疫苗研发面临巨大挑战，因为HIV病毒变异速度快。美国需要建立一个快速反应能力，以应对疫情，类似于五角大楼在战争中的作用。有效的疫情防控措施需要政府强制执行，例如强制隔离，但美国社会对此缺乏共识。他对在秘鲁的旅行中使用冒犯性词语感到后悔，并认为《纽约时报》对事件的处理过于草率。美国社会在疫情后的政治极化，使得应对未来疫情的准备不足。难以预测下一次大流行病的类型，但抗生素耐药性感染值得关注。 Kara Swisher: 就COVID-19疫情期间的各种问题与Donald G. McNeil Jr.进行探讨，包括疫情的现状、病毒起源的争议、疫苗接种的必要性、以及美国社会在应对疫情过程中的分歧和政治化等。

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Donald McNeil reflects on the ongoing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, comparing it to the flu and expressing concern over the low vaccination rates.

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Four years after the start of the global pandemic, COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, but in the U.S., every week, the virus is still hospitalizing 15,000 people and killing a thousand. Today, we look back – and ahead – with former New York Times global health reporter Donald G. McNeil Jr., author of the new book The Wisdom of Plagues: Lessons from 25 years of Covering Pandemics. He and Kara discuss the conflicting findings surrounding the virus origin, including the lab leak theory currently being investigated by Congress, and grapple with whether we need a Pentagon for Disease in the future (addressing a question posed by former White House Chief of Staff and Obama Ebola Czar Ron Klain). Plus – McNeil speaks out about his own controversy: his 2021 departure from* The New York Times*.

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