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- Vice President Kamala Harris
- CBS News correspondents Weijia Jiang, Ed O'Keefe, Nikole Killion, Jan Crawford and David Martin
- Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
- Anne Milgram, DEA administrator
- Hamdullah Mohib, former Afghan national security adviser
- Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear
- Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
- New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu
- Tulio de Oliveira, director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation in South Africa
- Mohamed El-Erian, chief financial adviser at Allianz
- Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General
- Governor Ned Lamont, (D) Connecticut
- Maria Van Kerkhove, World Health Organization COVID-19 Technical Lead
- Francis deSouza, CEO of Illumina
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon Worldwide consumer
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, (D-NY)
- Sen. Ted Cruz, (R-TX)
- Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections & Surveys Director
- Janet Yellen, secretary of the treasury
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
- Governor Jared Polis, Democrat of Colorado
- Neel Kashkari, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- David Malpass, president of the World Bank Group
- Cedric Richmond, Senior Adviser to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement
- Sen. Tim Kaine, (D) Virginia
- Fred Smith, FedEx Executive Leadership Chairman and CEO
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- John Dickerson, CBS News Chief Political Analyst
- Amy Walter, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Cook Political Report with Amy Walter
- Antony Blinken, Secretary of State
- Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce
- Rep. Ro Khanna, D- California
- Rep. John Curtis, R- Utah
- Claire Boogaard, Medical Director of the COVID-19 Vaccine Program, Children's National Hospital
- Rep. Bennie Thompson, (D) Mississippi
Chair, Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol - Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund
- Zalmay Khalilzad, Former U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Rep. Adam Schiff, (D) California, Author, "Midnight in Washington"
- Fiona Hill, Former National Security Council Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs
- Mary C. Daly, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Chris Krebs, CBS News Cybersecurity Expert and Analyst, Partner, Krebs Stamos Group, Former Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
- Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections & Surveys Director
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D) New York
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Adviser to President Biden, Director, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases
- Sen. Cory Booker, (D) New Jersey
- Gov. Jim Justice, (R) West Virginia
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC director
- Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina
- Representative Pramila Jayapal, Democrat of Washington
- Scott Morrison, prime minister of Australia
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, president of Turkey
- Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health
- Senator Bernie Sanders, independent from Vermont
- Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
- Representative Adam Kinzinger, Republican from Illinois
- Michael Morell, former acting CIA director
- Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- Dr. James Versalovic, interim pediatrician-in-chief at Texas Children's Hospital
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden
- Governor Phil Murphy, Democrat of New Jersey
- Cynthia Sheng, president of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
- Representative Veronica Escobar, Democrat of Texas
- Sue Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence
- Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards
- Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican, South Carolina
- Jake Sullivan, White House national security adviser
- Mayor Sharon Weston Broome, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken
- Nikki Haley, former U.N. ambassador
- Ryan Crocker, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan
- Governor Larry Hogan, Republican of Maryland
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Representative Steve Scalise, Republican of Louisiana
New York Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul
Dr. Rosalind Osgood, Broward County School Board Chair
- Governor Asa Hutchinson, Republican of Arkansas
- Education Secretary Miguel Cardona
- Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
Amanda Ripley, author of "High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out"
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden
- Senator Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia
- Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, director of Israel's Public Health Services
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
- Dr. Jerome Adams, former U.S. surgeon general
- Gina Raimondo, commerce secretary
- Quinton Lucas, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
- Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, authors of "I Alone Can Fix It"
- Ken McClure, Springfield, Missouri, mayor
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
- Admiral Mike Mullen, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Jill Schlesinger, CBS News business analyst
- Chris Krebs, former CISA director
- David Becker, founder and director of the Center For Election Innovation and Research
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden and director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
- Jeh Johnson, former Homeland Security Secretary
- Scott Kirby, United Airlines CEO
- Charles Burkett, mayor of Surfside, Florida
- Jeffrey Zients, White House COVID response coordinator
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
- Governor Spencer Cox, Republican of Utah
- Governor Kate Brown, Democrat of Oregon
- Representative André Carson, Democrat of Indiana
Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida
Daniella Levine Cava, Mayor of Miami-Dade County
Cedric Richmond, senior adviser to the president and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement
Senator Jon Tester, Democrat of Montana
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Republican of Arkansas
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner
- Cecilia Rouse, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers
- Rep. Ritchie Torres, (D) New York
- Jonathan Nez, President, Navajo Nation
- Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
- Sister Norma Pimentel, Executive Director, Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Adviser to President Biden, Director, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Rep. Henry Cuellar, (D-Texas)
- Rep.-Elect Julia Letlow, (R-Louisiana)
- Anthony Capuano, CEO, Marriott International
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, (D-IL)
- Sen. Rob Portman, (R-OH)
- Mayor Eric Garcetti, (D-Los Angeles)
- Dr. Moncef Slaoui, Former Chief Adviser for Operation Warp Speed
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force Chair
- Mayor Bill de Blasio, (D-New York City)
- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, (R-Arkansas)
- Micheál Martin, Irish Prime Minister
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Anthony Salvanto, CBS News Elections & Surveys Director
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Adviser to President Biden, Director, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Gov. Jim Justice, (R-West Virginia)
- Gov. Phil Murphy, (D-New Jersey)
- Benjamin Crump, Civil Rights Attorney for the Family of George Floyd
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Ronna McDaniel, Republican National Committee Chairwoman
- Gov. Kristi Noem, (R-South Dakota)
- Rep. Adam Kinzinger, (R-Illinois)
- Gov. Andy Beshear, (D-Kentucky)
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Jake Sullivan, National Security Adviser
- Matt Pottinger, Former Deputy National Security Adviser, Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University
- Mayor Sylvester Turner, (D-Houston)
- Mayor Betsy Price, (R-Fort Worth)
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Boris Johnson, United Kingdom Prime Minister
- Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control
- Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colorado
- Heyward Donigan, Rite Aid President & CEO
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Janet Yellen, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina
- Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead at WHO
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- James Brown, CBS News Special Correspondent, Host, "The NFL Today"
- Cedric Richmond, Senior Adviser to the President
- Gov. Ned Lamont, (D-Connecticut
- Mayor Francis Suarez, R-Miami
- Dr. Janice K. Jackson, Chicago Public Schools CEO
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, Chief Medical Adviser to President Biden
- Amb. Deborah Birx, M.D., Former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator
- Rep. Adam Schiff, D- California, Intelligence Committee Chairman
- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia
- Mayor Melvin Carter, D-Saint Paul, MN
- Rochelle Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., Incoming CDC Director
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Chris Krebs, former CISA Director
- Sen. Roy Blunt, R-MO
- Sen. Chris Coons, D-DE
- Mayor Muriel Bowser, D-Washington, D.C.
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
- Moncef Slaoui, Operation Warp Speed Chief Adviser
- Mayor Eric Garcetti, D- Los Angeles
- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas
- Jo Ann Jenkins, AARP CEO
- Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Former FDA Commissioner
