A Divided America Feeds the Crisis

Prognosis: Misconception

Bloomberg

Health & Fitness, Science

4.1 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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The U.S. is home to the highest number of Covid-19 cases—2.6 million and counting—and the most deaths. The reasons for that are at least, in part, very American ones: Politicized science, a fragmented media landscape, and inequality. Executive Editor Brian Bremner reflects on how decades of political division have made the country a coronavirus superpower in the worst way--an outcome that was entirely avoidable.

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0:30.0	Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 114 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.
0:41.3	Today, we go straight to our main story.
0:44.3	As the United States prepares to celebrate its independence this weekend,
0:49.3	Bloomberg executive editor Brian Bremner reflects on what the spread of the virus tells us about our country.
0:57.0	The U.S. is home to the highest number of COVID-19 cases, 2.6 million and counting, and the most deaths at more than 127,000.
1:10.0	The reasons for that are at least in part, very American ones, politicized science, a fragmented
1:19.0	media landscape, and inequality.
1:22.5	I talked to Brian about how decades of political division have made the country a coronavirus superpower in the
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