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Sep 15, 2020

How to fight the pandemic, from someone who has done this before

The Federal Open Market Committee meets again this week. It’s not expected to change interest rates, so what can we expect? Plus, Dr. Larry Brilliant, an epidemiologist, brings his experience of helping to eradicate smallpox to our current pandemic.

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"Unless we conquer it everywhere, we're not conquering it anywhere," Dr. Larry Brilliant says of COVID-19.
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Previewing this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting
Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer has more.
A completely global vaccine program will stop the COVID-19 pandemic, epidemiologist says
by David Brancaccio, Candace Manriquez Wrenn and Daniel Shin
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Epidemiologist and CEO of Pandefense Advisory Larry Brilliant, who helped eradicate smallpox and polio, believes any vaccine program aimed at stopping COVID-19 must be distributed in every corner of the world.
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David Brancaccio Host
Victoria Craig Host, BBC
Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC
Daniel Shin Producer
Jay Siebold Technical Director
Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Rose Conlon Producer
Brian Allison Technical Director

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How to fight the pandemic, from someone who has done this before

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Segments From This Episode

Previewing this week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting

A completely global vaccine program will stop the COVID-19 pandemic, epidemiologist says

Music from the episode

The Team