#1342 What Coronavirus Reveals About the Structures of Our World
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 7 March 2020
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 3/7/2020
Today we take a look at the Coronavirus through the lens of the systems it is affecting including the incompetence of a government that doesn't believe in governing, the dangers of the lack of universal access to medical care and the interdependency of our economies regardless of the inevitable racism that flares up in times of panic.
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SHOW NOTES
We speak with Laurie Garrett, former senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer. She is the author of several books, including “Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health.”
“The core principle of any of us who have a platform...is to be transparent and clear about what the science says and what the risks might be. And right now, that basic threshold has not been met.”
David Dayen, from The American Prospect, joins Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder to discuss the real story behind the coronavirus and how middlemen are destroying the prescription drug market.
Ch. 4: Coronavirus: The Virus That Can Become a Pandemic - Thom Hartmann - Air Date 1-29-20
The New CoronaVirus out of China could turn into a pandemic and without Universal Healthcare. Americans could face the worst of it.
Ch. 5: Lead Health Official GRILLED On Coronavirus Vaccine Cost - The Majority Report - Air Date 2-28-20
When you really dig into our public health policy, you begin to realize how messed up we are in the face of a possible health scare.
Ch. 6: Coronavirus: Is the Climate Plague Here? - The Real News - Air Date 2-14-20
Jane C. Hu talks about the rise of xenophobia as the virus spreads.
Ch. 7: COVID-19 and Protective Face Masks - Past/Present - Air Date 2-24-20
In this episode, Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss COVID-19 and the history of protective face masks.
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 8: Coronavirus and the election - George from Tonawanda, NY
Ch. 9: Comments on DNC machine - Alan from Connecticut
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 10: Final comments on catching flies with honey
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left Podcast in which we shall learn |
| 0:07.4 | about the coronavirus through the lens of the systems it is affecting, including the |
| 0:12.4 | incompetence of a government that doesn't believe in governing, the dangers of the lack |
| 0:17.2 | of universal access to medical care, and the interdependency of international economies |
| 0:23.3 | regardless of the inevitable racism that flares up in times of panic. |
| 0:27.9 | Equips today come from democracy now, all in with Chris Hayes, Ring of Fire Radio, |
| 0:33.8 | the Tom Hartman program, the majority report, the real news, and past present. |
| 0:38.6 | Uncapele Hill lawmakers grilled senior administration officials over their response to the crisis. |
| 0:50.8 | This is Louisiana Republican Senator John Kennedy, who on Tuesday blasted the acting |
| 0:57.2 | Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf for struggling to produce basic facts about the |
| 1:05.6 | coronavirus outbreak. |
| 1:07.6 | I was supposed to keep a sec. |
| 1:08.9 | My budget supports the men and women in the Department of Homeland Security. |
| 1:12.7 | Here is a secretary of Homeland Security. |
| 1:14.2 | And you can't tell me if we have enough respirators. |
| 1:18.5 | What I would tell you is that the budget, my budget, our operations are focused not only |
| 1:22.8 | on the men and women of DHS making sure they are protected to do their jobs, to screen |
| 1:26.6 | individuals coming in. |
| 1:27.6 | We are working with DHS and their budget to ensure that they have enough medical experience. |
| 1:33.2 | Do we have enough face masks? |
| 1:34.9 | We, for the Department of Homeland Security, we do not ask him for the Department of Homeland |
| 1:39.1 | Security. |
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