60 Percent Of Adults Are Fully Vaccinated. Why Are Things Getting Worse?

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🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

President Biden gave a speech Thursday afternoon begging folks to get vaccinated. A CDC document warns that the very contagious delta variant means "the war has changed" against COVID.

The bipartisan infrastructure deal which passed its first vote in the Senate this week is evidence that President Biden may be able to foster cooperative lawmaking in modern Washington, as he promised during the campaign. Will it help his party hold onto congressional majorities during a difficult midterm election cycle?

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and congressional correspondent Susan Davis.

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0:00.0	Hey folks, it's Asma Khalid and usually this is the point in our podcast where you would hear our time stamp.
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0:18.3	The script goes like this.
0:19.7	Hey, it's Tara. I'm on top of a mountain.
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0:27.2	1.25pm Eastern Time on July 30th.
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0:45.2	Alright, time for the real show.
0:51.2	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Asma Khalid. I cover the White House.
0:55.7	I'm Tara Keith. I also cover the White House.
0:58.2	And I'm Susan Davis. I cover Congress.
1:00.2	We are unfortunately talking about COVID again on today's show.
1:04.7	Yesterday at the White House, President Biden gave a speech about the virus and the importance of getting vaccinated.
1:10.2	And it was blunt.
1:11.7	Look, this is not about red states and blue states.
1:15.7	It's literally about life and death.
1:19.7	It's about life and death.
1:21.7	Tam, what did you make of the President's tone? I mean, presumably he is trying to reach the unvaccinated people in the country.
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