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May 2021
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Dr. Jon LaPook, CBS Chief Medical Corres...

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Dr. Jon LaPook of CBS News joins Bob for an insightful conversation on the Covid-19 Pandemic and the amazing efforts scientists and doctors are making to help people during this time. He explains how the variations of Covid-19 vaccines were developed and just how crucial the need for change is.


Jonathan LaPook, M.D., is the chief medical correspondent for the CBS EVENING NEWS. He is also Professor of Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine and an internist and gastroenterologist at NYU Langone Medical Center, and the executive director of the NYU Langone Empathy Project, which seeks to promote a culture of empathy in medicine.


Twitter @DrLaPook


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