Leslie begins the show by giving her take on the latest news in her 'Ripped from the Headlines' segment.

Here are the stories that she covered during the segment:

1. AXIOS: "Coronavirus cases rise by 40%"

2. AXIOS: "More than 130 Secret Service officers reportedly under coronavirus quarantine"

3. L.A. TIMES: "Super-spreading wedding party demonstrates COVID-19 risk posed by holiday gatherings"

4. NBC NEWS: "Left out of Covid-19 vaccine planning, Biden advisers developing their own distribution strategy"

5. NBC News Decision Desk has called the State of Georgia for Joe Biden, bringing his electoral vote total to 306

Then, Leslie is joined by Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and health economist and a Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington DC, and Chief Health Economist for Microclinic International.

The two discuss U.S. COVID-19 cases rising by 40% over the past week, how U.S. hospitals are close to being completely overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients, and the COVID-19 taskforce that President-Elect Joe Biden is putting together to battle the virus when he takes office on January 20th of next year.

In January of 2020, Dr. Feigl-Ding was recognized in the media as one of the first to alert the public on the pandemic risk of COVID-19. He is part of FAS’s work to stop COVID misinformation, and communication with lay public.
He was previously a faculty and researcher at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School between 2004-2020.
His Twitter handle is @DrEricDing.

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