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Aug 2020
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Health-Care Avengers Fighting Anti-Vaxxe...

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Dr. Andy Pekosz, Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, provides a coronavirus and vaccine update. Bloomberg News Reporter Thomas Buckley discusses health-care avengers fighting anti-vaxxers one viral clip at a time. We get Businessweek Economics with Lindsey Piegza, Chief Economist at Stifel Financial. She walks through jobless claims and expectations for an economic recovery. Bloomberg News Wall Street Reporter Sonali Basak says the age of the “everything banker is here,” and that “odd jobs” are on the horizon. And we Drive to the Close with Alan Zafran, Co-CEO at IEQ Capital.

Host: Carol Massar and guest co-host Alix Steel. Producer: Doni Holloway.  

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