Amanpour and Company

November 16, 2020

CNN senior medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen reacts to today's announcement that Moderna's coronavirus vaccine is 94.5% effective. Walter Isaacson discusses his experience as a participant in Pfizer's vaccine trial. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff (D-GA) discusses his race against Sen. David Perdue. Sociologist Nicholas A. Christakis discusses COVID-19's ripple effect on society.

The Differences Between Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines

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Early data announced by Moderna today indicates that its coronavirus vaccine is 94.5% effective--just one week after Pfizer shared the successful early results of its own trials. This news couldn’t come at a more critical time, as infections increase at unprecedented speed. CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen outlines the differences between Moderna and Pfizer's vaccines.

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    Walter Isaacson's Experience in Pfizer Vaccine Trials

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    Behind every vaccine are thousands of trial volunteers – and in Pfizer’s case, one of those thousands is our own Walter Isaacson. He is of course a renowned biographer of great minds in science and history, and perhaps more used to interviewing than being interviewed. Nevertheless, he joins the show to share the rare experience of being a guinea pig in the race to defeat COVID-19.

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    GA Senate Candidate Jon Ossoff Discusses Runoff Election

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    Jon Ossoff is the Democratic Senate candidate in Georgia's runoff election against sitting GOP Senator David Perdue, and if he were to win – along with fellow Democrat Raphael Warnock – in January, it would flip the senate from Republican to Democrat. Ossoff joins the program to discuss the stakes.

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    Sociologist: Why People Vote for Leaders Who Lie To Them

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    As a physician, sociologist, and former hospice doctor, Nicholas A. Christakis is in a unique position to understand COVID-19 and its ripple effects on society. His latest book explores what it means to live amid a plague, and he speaks to Hari Sreenivasan about all this and more – including what he thinks President-elect Biden must do to restore confidence in institutions.

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