On today’s episode, Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark and Amanda Weinstein dig into the pandemic, sharing their anxiety about sending their kids back to school and frustration over anti-vaxxers and how medical science has become so politicized. And this week, Jasmine answers questions from you, our listeners! From “should my kids wear a mask on the playground” to “is Covid just going to be around forever,” Dr. Jasmine dishes out data and wisdom.

Then Rachel gets the chance to sit down with Dr. Leana Wen. Dr. Wen is a physician and public health professor, a CNN medical analyst, and the author of a new book, “Lifelines: A Doctor’s Journey in the Fight for Public Health.” Rachel and Dr. Wen discuss strategies for keeping kids safe at school, the unfortunate backlash against public health, toddlers, boba tea, and one of Dr. Wen’s favorite sayings: “public health saved your life today―you just don’t know it.”

Then Amanda, Jasmine and Rachel raise a glass to young people, to going back to school, and to our hard-working medical heroes in this week’s “Toast to Joy.”

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Taking Politics out of the Pandemic (with Dr. Leana Wen)