260 - The Intersection Between the Crisis of Democracy and the COVID Pandemic
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a stress test for democracy, exposing fault lines that already existed. So, where do we go from here? Dr. Hahrie Han, inaugural director of the SNF Agora Institute and Hopkins political science professor, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about what it means for democracy to be in crisis, the parallels of this moment to a century ago, why the pandemic became politically polarizing in some countries but not others, and what we can learn from history and evangelical megachurches to help us address these challenges going forward.
KEYWORDS: policy; pandemic response
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 3, a Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:12.3 | I'm Josh Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and a former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. |
| 0:19.6 | Our goal is to bring scientific evidence |
| 0:22.4 | and experience to the public health news of the day through informative interviews with scientists, |
| 0:27.8 | community leaders, policy experts, public health officials, clinicians, and more. If you have ideas |
| 0:34.4 | or questions for us to cover, please email us at public health question at jh.h.edu. |
| 0:41.1 | That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:47.4 | Public Health On Call's first episode was released on March 3, 2020, when there were 1,922 documented cases of COVID-19 around the world |
| 0:58.5 | with just 21 known cases in the United States. One year later, more than 28 million people have |
| 1:06.6 | tested positive in the U.S. The pandemic has killed nearly 500,000 Americans and more than 2.4 million |
| 1:14.3 | people around the world. In over 260 episodes, we've brought evidence and experts to help unpack |
| 1:21.2 | the days COVID-19 and other public health news. This podcast has been downloaded over four |
| 1:27.0 | million times in the last year, |
| 1:29.3 | thanks to listeners like you. In recognition of the one-year anniversary of the podcast, |
| 1:35.0 | Public Health on Call is going live. In addition to our regular episodes, you can join us for a live |
| 1:40.6 | episode at 11 a.m. every morning, starting Monday, March 1st through Friday, March 5th |
| 1:46.3 | on the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Facebook page. |
| 1:51.3 | We'll be talking to national leaders and experts |
| 1:53.6 | on COVID vaccines, health equity, and mental health, |
| 1:57.0 | and hearing from a top public health official |
| 1:59.2 | about the state of the battle against the pandemic. |
| 2:02.0 | We'll also be taking your questions from the comments for a special finale Q&A on Friday, March 5th. |
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