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COVID Five Years Later: From Lockdowns to Long COVID — and What Went Wrong
Five years ago today, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and the world changed forever. Since then, there have been over 700 million cases and seven million deaths worldwide. As the COVID-19 Coordinator under President Biden, Dr. Ashish Jha helped lead the U.S. response. He joins the show to reflect on how the pandemic transformed society — and how it continues to impact us today.
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Richard Clarida; Alina Polyakova; Winnie Byanyima; Dr. Ashish Jha

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Adm. James Stavridis (Ret.); Rim Turkmani; Ann Olivarius; Reid Hoffman

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Andrew McCabe; Comfort Ero; Bill Browder

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Nick Paton Walsh; Andrey Kurkov; Constanze Stelzenmüller and David Broder; Kenneth Roth