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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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