TWiV 929: Empathyology with Andy Slavitt

<p>Andy Slavitt joins TWiV to discuss his book, <em>Preventable</em> and how failures in leadership, politics, and selfishness doomed the U.S. response to SARS-CoV-2.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href="http://trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a href= "https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a>, and <a href= "http://twitter.com/bioprofbarker">Brianne Barker</a></p> <p>Guest: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Slavitt">Andy Slavitt</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a title= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode">Links for this episode</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "https://lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw3eeXBhD7ARIsAHjssr9vackJkTw2HoODq7sPCard0MfkyEVuGKEZpr-rfC7m3FsoN7G2-AgaAk85EALw_wcB"> In the Bubble</a> podcast</li> <li><em><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HT332W9/ref=nav_youraccount_switchacct?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1"> Preventable</a></em> (Amazon)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-929/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 929</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/jrrmicro">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> <h3>Weekly Picks</h3> <p><strong>Dickson</strong> – Best big band #5: <em>1.</em> Glenn Miller’s Orchestra -1940-1944: Signature song: In The Mood. Signature album: <em>An Album Of Outstanding Arrangements</em><br /> <strong>Brianne</strong> – <a href= "https://www.etsy.com/shop/aliciawatkins?section_id=11480156">Cross-stitched Microbes</a><br /> <strong>Kathy –</strong> <