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COVID Five Years Later: From Lockdowns to Long COVID — and What Went Wrong

Season 2025 Episode 7182 | 18m 03s

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
Adm. James Stavridis (Ret.); Rim Turkmani; Ann Olivarius; Reid Hoffman
Rick Steves discusses his new book "On the Hippie Trail."
David Pressman; Basel Adra; Yuval Abraham; Rick Steves
Mélanie Joly; Andriy Zagorodnyuk; May Pundak and Rula Hardal; Frank Sesno
Rep. Seth Moulton; Marty Baron; Elaine Weiss
Elaine Weiss discusses her new book "Spell Freedom."
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Richard Clarida; Alina Polyakova; Winnie Byanyima; Dr. Ashish Jha
Adm. James Stavridis (Ret.); Rim Turkmani; Ann Olivarius; Reid Hoffman
David Pressman; Basel Adra; Yuval Abraham; Rick Steves
Mélanie Joly; Andriy Zagorodnyuk; May Pundak and Rula Hardal; Frank Sesno
Rep. Seth Moulton; Marty Baron; Elaine Weiss
Alexander Vindman; Dr. Mary T. Bassett; Marc Short; Gracelin Baskaran
Sir Malcolm Rifkind; Alexander Stubb; Nataliya Gumenyuk
Marc Short; Joe Murphy and Stephen Kunken; Chase Strangio
Sir Peter Westmacott; Oleksii Reznikov; David Kessler
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